ZeSpectre
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This classic article from 2010 is making the rounds again. I love the point, we've built so many layers of protection against fire that nobody even thinks about it anymore and an arsonist stands almost zero chance of hurting anybody in a school.
I think we're LONG overdue for some focused activism geared towards getting the same layers of protection in place for other dangers like an active shooter.
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I think we're LONG overdue for some focused activism geared towards getting the same layers of protection in place for other dangers like an active shooter.
Active shooters in schools: The enemy is denial
“How many kids have been killed by school fire in all of North America in the past 50 years? Kids killed... school fire... North America... 50 years... How many? Zero. That’s right. Not one single kid has been killed by school fire anywhere in North America in the past half a century. Now, how many kids have been killed by school violence?”
So began an extraordinary daylong seminar presented by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, a Pulitzer Prize nominated author, West Point psychology professor, and without a doubt the world’s foremost expert on human aggression and violence. The event, hosted by the California Peace Officers Association, was held in the auditorium of a very large community church about 30 miles from San Francisco, and was attended by more than 250 police officers from around the region.
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