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I wanted to continue this discussion:
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?t=17560
However, don't let this turn political, I'm just looking for an opinion/answer. I know that most of you on the Red Boards are members here also. FWIW I'm not trying to be a troll.... If this offends anyone, I apologize.
First off, thanks for your honest responses. Personally, I'm glad that I'm not the only one in thinking that this is an unfortunate, but good idea.
I asked my guidance counselor what she thought about this, and she said that she did not like it, but more pertinent, nothing like this training would happen at my school.
While I feel very safe at my high school about kids bringing a gun to school, the idea of somebody outside slipping in with a weapon does scare me. I wanted to ask, tactically speaking, in a typical classroom setting, what is the best thing one could do to disable an intruder? A sharp pencil to the throat area? While I have heard the best thing to do is rush an intruder instantly, I believe that I'm in the minority at my school (among staff and students) who have this opinion, and my chances of me alone successfully rushing a gunman are pretty slim to none.
I'm not looking to be a hero type person, or to beat the crud out of someone tomorrow. I just like to be as best prepared as I can for all things bad, in case a bad situation did arise, I could sleep at night knowing that I did the best that I could do in that situation.......
Also, while I believe that allowing properly trained teachers/staff to carry a weapon is a good idea, there is no way that they will let a non LEO carry a gun, so if you can, other possibilities besides that.
Thinking about this brought up another question that I thought that I would ask…
On an entirely different matter, can anyone recommend martial art to take that is good for self defense/staying in shape? I have been thinking of a good way to get regular exercise, and to learn something beneficial at the same time, and realized that martial arts would fit the bill quite nicely. Seeing as there are 64,000 different martial arts, I figured that some could be recommended over others.
Thanks for all your responses!!
Purdue
P S I hope that this is in the right spot.....
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?t=17560
However, don't let this turn political, I'm just looking for an opinion/answer. I know that most of you on the Red Boards are members here also. FWIW I'm not trying to be a troll.... If this offends anyone, I apologize.
First off, thanks for your honest responses. Personally, I'm glad that I'm not the only one in thinking that this is an unfortunate, but good idea.
I asked my guidance counselor what she thought about this, and she said that she did not like it, but more pertinent, nothing like this training would happen at my school.
While I feel very safe at my high school about kids bringing a gun to school, the idea of somebody outside slipping in with a weapon does scare me. I wanted to ask, tactically speaking, in a typical classroom setting, what is the best thing one could do to disable an intruder? A sharp pencil to the throat area? While I have heard the best thing to do is rush an intruder instantly, I believe that I'm in the minority at my school (among staff and students) who have this opinion, and my chances of me alone successfully rushing a gunman are pretty slim to none.
I'm not looking to be a hero type person, or to beat the crud out of someone tomorrow. I just like to be as best prepared as I can for all things bad, in case a bad situation did arise, I could sleep at night knowing that I did the best that I could do in that situation.......
Also, while I believe that allowing properly trained teachers/staff to carry a weapon is a good idea, there is no way that they will let a non LEO carry a gun, so if you can, other possibilities besides that.
Thinking about this brought up another question that I thought that I would ask…
On an entirely different matter, can anyone recommend martial art to take that is good for self defense/staying in shape? I have been thinking of a good way to get regular exercise, and to learn something beneficial at the same time, and realized that martial arts would fit the bill quite nicely. Seeing as there are 64,000 different martial arts, I figured that some could be recommended over others.
Thanks for all your responses!!
Purdue
P S I hope that this is in the right spot.....