At what age / grade level

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Kindergarden

Junior high

High school

Never / why never?

2nd amendment dude, “from my cold dead hands”

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should children start active shooter training drills in the USA ?

How many times a year and what would that program look like? If you are against active shooter drills but for tornado or fire drills why one and not the other?

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666Maggotz · F

It started when I was in the 6th grade (so 2008/2009 school year). We did active shooter and bomb drills. In High School we did it too plus all classroom doors would be locked except for when the teacher opened and closed it for the student.

Anyway, I voted Kindergarten. Since it can happen to any grade level.

robertsnj · 56-60, M

@666Maggotz that is great answer! would you tell us what your drills were like in 6th?

666Maggotz · F

@robertsnj for the bomb drills, we would practice organizing ourselves as a class and meeting at a certain point in the back of the school. During the active shooter drills, they would be random and announced like it was real (same with the bomb drill). We would gather in the furthest corner in the room from the door, turned off the lights, and waited until we were cleared.

robertsnj · 56-60, M

@666Maggotz bomb drills are a good starting point to integrate mass shooting training. I think the schools starting with the thought process in bomb scares vs mass shooters is smart instead of starting over from scatch / trying to reinvent the wheel.