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A new panic alarm system that was triggered during Wednesday’s deadly shooting at a Georgia high school likely saved countless lives, authorities and advocates for the technology said.
Lockdown warnings flashed on classroom screens at Apalachee High School as gunshots rang out, prompting students and teachers to lock the door, turn off the lights and huddle in the farthest corner from the entrance, witnesses said.
At the same time, alerts automatically went out to law enforcement officers, who responded and ended the shooting rampage within minutes, according to Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith and Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey.
It sure would be nice if this kind of alarm system was a part of a broader initiative to make schools safer instead of the only thing. I’m still dumbfounded a father had no qualms with and was able to purchase a gun for his 14 year old after the FBI visited him on account of his child’s terroristic threats. Can’t possibly make it more difficult for these kinds of dipshits to get guns though, oh no
I’m of the opinion that if you can charge all sorts of accomplices with murder for doing FAR LESS than buying the guy who did the murder a gun, those parents should be arrested, tried for murder for each dead kid and teacher, then locked the fuck up until everyone forgets they exist and/or they die in prison.
They charged him with two counts of second degree murder so you may get your wish
Good. He’s unquestionably responsible, and deserves to rot.
I’d ask what kind of fucking idiot buys their kid a gun AFTER the FBI shows up to investigate them threatening to shoot their school up and then leaves it unlocked where the kid can access it, but well, we already know the answer there.
Yes, arresting one to two more people, the solution we’ve missed all this time. This will stop shootings. It’s all solved now.