pushpullpete wrote:ELB, why publicize the info at all. I realize that will deter most who mean to do harm, ...
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That is in fact a very good reason to publish it right there! Any security policy that deters most of those who would contemplate harm is a very good one indeed. Why would we not implement something that deters most just because it might provoke a few?.
Firstly, keeping who is individually armed and where they stash their arms is a good idea so those individuals can't be targeted in advance, whether at school or on the street. But completely hiding the fact that they exist lets the school continue to be identified -- publicly identified -- as a gun-free-zone with particularly vulnerable and valuable targets, -- that is what encourages some hooplehead to "make a statement". We have discussed the failure of GFZs at length on this forum, why would we keep one of our most valuable entities a GFZ?
Secondly, it is a moot point. All the schools identify themselves as having armed staff anyway. Public schools have a public process they have to go through (if not by law then by public opinion) to arm their staff anyway, so it's not a secret. Every link I put in that other thread I mentioned is to a newspaper article or a school policy on a public website. Some, like the school b4aftr mentioned, put signs up! They want people to know. Why not discuss it here?
Thirdly, publication serves a public interest by getting the public used to the idea, advertising for the cause, in a much more positive way than say, oh, crowding a representative's office and calling him names. The fact that many schools are doing it takes the stigma away, it starts shifting the question from "I'd never let my school do that" to "hmm, I wonder if we should consider it" to finally "Why are we NOT doing it?" This will emanate into the community in general, and help weaken anti-2A opposition in general. Most people are not really too independent in their thinking, they will only start reconsidering when they see significant portions of the herd turning a new direction (see gun rights over the past 30 years). Normalizing a policy that the majority has in the past thought out of bounds is a skill the Left mastered long ago, it is something we should learn.
Thank you, sir. Hopefully I will never be too old to learn.
. What I said/say is what I think and/or feel, kinda what you see is what you get type of guy. Some times I get a little ahead of myself.
