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Re: School Principal suspended over Saftey Drill - December 7th 2014, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam the Fish View Post
Well, in terms of realism, the drills (ie. fire) we do need are sometimes deliberately changed to replicate specific situations - at my school, for instance, a handful of pupils are sometimes instructed to hide in the school buildings somewhere.
Use of guns with a load of children is a bit different though.
Very true - I was thinking more specifically about the "lockdown" drills with that comment, which despite the occasional incident (not least Dunblaine) haven't been rolled out across the UK. But fair point.

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I would have to say - maybe if there were similar gun controls to ours (these incidents here are decades apart, not so likely a problem that we require drills), there wouldn't be a problem in the first place. *ducks*
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If you're referring to dr2005's response, it's not complex, however, he has a way with words .
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