I wonder if Chief Bird would have the same opinion of a drill being conducted by a local militia that might have to deal with some kind of situation which required them to encircle and detain the occupants of the police station. Perhaps to recapture it from some terrorists who had taken it over.
For safety's sake the militia would make sure their AR-15's were unloaded, but their handguns were loaded. Oh, and since they are probably smarter they'd call ahead and tell the Chief not to worry when a couple of pickup trucks full of guys wearing hoods arrive at the station because its just a drill.
I'm sure the Chief would say "sure, good training idea. I won't tell my men ahead of time"
Two seconds of thinking about it should have lead the Chief to realize that having an unannounced, armed training drill at a school is a really stupid idea. Just like having an unannounced training drill at the police station would be a stupid idea.
Somebody with more common sense should teach the Chief how to conduct training operations in a way which does not create fear and risk for everyone involved.
I wonder if Chief Bird would have the same opinion of a drill being conducted by a local militia .....
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Your response described a scenario that is an excellent analogy.
The one thing that stood out was the word “stupid”, calling to mind the recent Gruber videos.
The elitist arrogant thinking has pervaded more than the administration. When you look around this type of thinking is everywhere. (soda bans, for example)
It seems someone thought it was a good idea to run a drill like this “for their own good” (to protect the students).