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Its true.

Texas had a plan in to spruce up school safety, they just didn't go forward with it, its pretty sad. I read through it, it looked like it would be very effective.

Luckily first responders neutralized the shooter otherwise more kids would've died.




All the details aren't in, but this case apparently involved a police chase that led to the school, a school resource officer was present and wasn't able to stop the shooter from entering the school (nor were the pursuing police officers).

The first responders called for help, and a Border Patrol agent came to the scene, ran in alone and killed the shooter.


> … and a Border Patrol agent came to the scene, ran in alone and killed the shooter.

Note that Border Patrol Tactical Unit (Bortac) agents were the ones who confronted and shot the shooter. They aren’t your run of the mill agents and they also ignored the others waiting for backup and went in before backup arrived.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they were former military with downrange exposure. Lots of people criticize police in these situations waiting for backup, but the reality is a real firefight your first time is fucking terrifying, even when you outnumber the shooter. Paralysis in these situations that are more similar to urban combat than daily police work is expected.


This school has in fact more than doubled their security spending in the last five years, including hiring their own security force, for what good that did them. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/uvalde-texas-school-sho...

I think we need something other than “sprucing up” school safety. Only trying to stop the shooters at the point of attack is pathetically ineffective. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...




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