CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 19, 2018
THERE ARE MANY GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS THAT HAVE GREAT SECURITY. WHY NOT OUR SCHOOLS? THERE ARE PUBLIC EVENTS, LIKE THE UPCOMING OSCARS, THAT HAVE EXCELLENT SECURITY. NO ONE HAS SHOT THESE UP. WHY CAN’T OUR SCHOOLS BE SIMILARLY PROTECTED?
AT THE RECENT SUPER BOWL, MASSIVE SECURITY DETERRED ANY POTENTIAL TERRORIST OR ATTACKER. WHY NOT OUR SCHOOLS? WHY ARE THEY SO VULNERABLE TO SOMEONE WITH A GUN WHO IS MENTALLY ILL?
AT THAT FLORIDA SCHOOL THEY HAD PRACTICED WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF AN INCIDENT LIKE THE ONE LAST WEEK. IT DIDN’T HELP. THERE WAS ONE ARMED GUARD ON THE CAMPUS. IT DIDN’T HELP BECAUZSE HE NEVER CONFRONTED THE MURDERER.
SECURITY AND SHOOTING BACK ARE THE BEST WAYS TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM BEING KILLED IN SCHOOL. HOW DID THIS 19-YEAR-OLD EXPELLED STUDENT SO EASILY GAIN ACCESS TO HIS FORMER SCHOOL? WHY WEREN’T THE DOORS SECURE? WHY COULD NO ONE STOP HIM, EVEN THOUGH ONE MAN RADIOED A “CODE RED” SIGNAL WHEN HE SAW HIM COMING? THERE WAS LITTLE RESPONSE.
CODED PASSES FOR STUDENTS, METAL DETECTORS, SOME TRAINED AND ARMED TEACHERS WOULD DO BETTER AT DETERRING MASS SHOOTINGS THAN MORE GUN LAWS. I’M CAL THOMAS IN WASHINGTON.
