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baldeagle wrote:

TDDude wrote:Similar to fire drills, teachers need to already have a plan in place for when those loud booms start happening.

To my way of thinking, teachers would have one job to do in an active shooter situation. Secure their kids and prepare to engage should the shooter come their way. They would not be in the hallways actively engaging the shooter.

Again, Teachers can't aways choose where they might be when the BG comes in. If they have multiple classes lined up in front of the cafeteria waiting for lunch, they WILL be engaging the shooter in the hall. There is no place to take those kids with everything "locked down". We can all think of a scenario for a BG to go through the office sign in process and get into the secure area of the school. He might even be having lunch with his child. He might be a student. I agree with baldeagle in that once you are in a secure location, you defend that location. I would never open a secure door and engage the BG. You just might be outgunned and come in second place. That would then expose your kids to the shooter. Like I've read here many times...make him come to you. As we can see from this discussion, there are many views on the fine points. The major hurdle is getting the politicians to approve Teacher carry and to remove those insidious gun free zone signs.

It would be great if Teachers were only in the classroom. My Daughter is a first grade teacher and she is in the classroom, lunchroom, "specials" room, playground.....She said that EVERY practice lockdown was pre-announced and ALL kids were in their homeroom at the time of the practice. In reality, some of her kids could be in the restroom, going to the clinic, etc, and she would be hard pressed to lock them out of the room. She said the district has not covered what she should do if they were NOT in their classroom and bad things started to happen. They all line up in the halls at the end of the day to go home. Some go on the bus, some walk, some have parents pick them up. There is alot of opportunity for "what-if"scenario training. I was a Federal Flight Deck Officer before I retired from Delta Air Lines. We had VERY specific ROE and we were not allowed to leave the cockpit during a threat. We trained for different scenarios but 99% was for protecting the cockpit.

Do you already have a range and a place to teach the courses or do you need an instructor AND range and classroom?