05-26-2022, 08:29 PM
(05-26-2022, 04:38 PM)Duchess Wrote: Should regular citizens like all of us be able to buy body armor? Should the same citizens have better fire power than law enforcement?
That isn't the issue here, IMO. The cops really didn't even try to stop this guy, which is suspicious to me. Is everyone in that police dept. a coward, or is something else going on here?
As for body armor, an easy way to deal with this would be a cannister filled with expanding foam, fired from something similar to a grenade launcher. One or two of those to the upper torso would stop someone in their tracks. This may already exist.
Schools could also have perimeter cams to monitor for suspicious activity, and emergency evacuation plans, and drills.
None of this is cost-prohibitive, the only question is whether or not we care about children, and it seems that those who make the important decisions don't. That's what I see as the real issue here. There's plenty that could be done, if only there was the will to do it.