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An Ohio School District Is Arming Its School Custodians With Handguns [View all]
FarCenter
Jan 2013
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yup, i guess the figure the custodian is a single most expendable employee at a school.
unblock
Jan 2013
#3
Bad management practice. Stupid politics. Principals in all states are THE primary point person for
ancianita
Jan 2013
#7
Hard to say about qualifications? Some custodians may be veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#9
That's too random and undependable as a practice in securing schools. Having "some" isn't a
ancianita
Jan 2013
#10
A posted, uniformed, armed guard can be useful, but only if you're out of the mass shooting mindset
Recursion
Jan 2013
#11
I don't know who decided this, but 4 fatalities in one incident is the "official" definition
Recursion
Jan 2013
#21
NOT true. Every security person knows that entry points are exactly the control points for school
ancianita
Jan 2013
#17
Oh. I guess because your example of how security doesn't work seemed to argue against your
ancianita
Jan 2013
#25
I'm ready to address this if you can link some critical mass of "exceptions" that you imply here.
ancianita
Jan 2013
#43
Having unarmed entry guards in a country of 300 million guns makes absolutely no sense.
ancianita
Jan 2013
#48
Principals know that for every entry and exit point you need an armed guard, and their communities
ancianita
Jan 2013
#30
I would totally agree with this. The problem is the registering. I've suggested that every state
ancianita
Jan 2013
#69
I have never been in a school where the janitor was anything less than a charity hire.
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#28
I know that if the custodians would have had guns when I went to school, I would have been shot
liberal N proud
Jan 2013
#33