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What do the phones add to a shooting?


Ability to call 911 or with e911 send texts, images, or videos


Every school I’ve been in has phones in every single classroom.

Even with the advent of cell phones, I doubt those are going away.


If there is an active shooter, you might be hiding


Guns are loud. It’s not like only a few people will know.


The police are just going to stand around and play with their phones anyway.


I'm sensing some kind of (sad) irony here.


The ability for a phone to give away a victim's location to the perpetrator as well as encourage parents to get in the way of first responders.




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