alternatives to guns for protecting students and staff in schools; a request of Congress;

1. Protecting our children
in-a-minute

2. Schools

3. How do we make schools safe?

4. Guns?
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5. Teach our children . . .
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6. . . . to respond to violence with violence?
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7. Here is a better idea.
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8. First: place protective shielding in every
room . . . Like SWAT shielding.
. . . Or tactical blankets.
Additional examples can be found at sites like http://www.policeone.com/

9. These could be used to shield students,
and to move in on a shooter.
Additional examples can be found at sites like http://www.policeone.com/

10. Second: make shooters more vulnerable.
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11. How?
Shooters are most vulnerable
when
RE-LOADING!

12. . . . Which Congress is now debating.
. . . Limiting gun clips to ten rounds.

13. Ten shoots
before
RE-LOADING!

14. Ten students or teachers
before
RE-LOADING!

15. This is a beginning
But REALLY!
Would that be legal if shooters were
hunting deer?

16. IF shooters are more vulnerable
When reloading.
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17. Congress must force them to reload
more often and more slowly.

18. Ideally ..
give students
the same chance we give deer.
One trigger – one shot – reload.

19. Realistically . . . Congress . . .
. . . to limit gun clips to ten rounds
might be a good beginning.

20. Ten rounds at a squeeze
is better than twenty
. . . but the problem is . . .
CLIPS allow the shooter to
RE-LOAD
ten more bullets
as QUICKLY as it takes to load one bullet.

21. CLIPS make shooters LESS VULNERABLE.
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22. Please, Congress . . . ban rifles with clips.
Begin with rifles, then debate handguns.

23. This still leaves rifles that hold multiple bullets.
Shooters can still shoot
ten or more students
before reloading . . .

24. BUT!
Reloading these guns happens
one bullet at a time,
making shooters MORE VULNERABLE
When RELOADING.

25. Conclusion
• Place shielding in every classroom.
• Teachers can protect students.
• Teachers can subdue shooters using it.
• Ban rifles using clips.
• Slow down reloading.
• Make shooter vulnerable.
• More time to subdue shooter.
• Teach students to deal with violence
without resorting to violence.

26. Afterward:
These brief comments do not raise all the issues
or answer all the questions .. they are not meant
to end the debate but to further it.
I believe there are alternatives to arming
teachers or having armed guards roaming the
school halls. More guns or more violence are
not the answer to violence .. history teaches this.
Please think creatively and suggest alternatives.