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Parents who say "No" to guns, but also "No" to metal detectors?

2008-04-21 13:53:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...shootings, single shootings are the exception while multiple killings are the "norm"), has that machine not paid for itself for the rest of time Another complaint amongst teachers appear to be the fact that the detectors will slow down access and leave children a few minutes late for class. I have not conducted a poll amongst parents but I...
 
Tags: school, school shootings, metal detectors, detectors, parents, metal detector, school killings, metal detector saves, time
 
 
 
 
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Shoppers advised about deadly mall attacks

2008-10-26 15:51:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...shootings have resulted in 34 deaths and 33 injuries The issued guidelines warn that the shootings are often committed by current and former retail employees with grievances against their employers (workplace violence) or are related to an associate with domestic problems (domestic violence We continue to advocate for better training for...
 
Tags: mall security officers, lawsuits, times employers, mall retail associations, huge lawsuits, employers, domestic, domestic violence, shootings
 
 
 
 
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Nice one, Dick!

2008-02-10 07:19:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...shootings. One wonders if there is a criminal anywhere in the District who does NOT own an illegal gun. Yet, law-abiding citizens and business owners whose very livelyhood depends on their having access to concealed weapons, are prohibited and restricted from properly carrying out their trade Who in their right minds would think that the...
 
Tags: owners, business owners, district, gun owners, vice president cheney, guns, wtop radio tonight, law enforcement, discriminatory law
 
 
 
 
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Church killer stopped by private security officer

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2007-12-10 23:00:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...shootings in Colorado Springs, Colorado, ended when a brave security officer used her concealed weapon to prevent the killer from taking any more lives Reports state that the security officer was one of three security officers working at the New Life Church service on Sunday where more than 7,000 people attended. She was the only armed...
 
Tags: officer, security officer, armed officer, law enforcement officer, security, church, brave security officer, security team, security officers
 
 
 
 
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Getting students, faculty to sign up for campus alerts

2008-02-21 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b1f454 in Network World on Security
 
Although many colleges and universities have been installing or updating their emergency notification systems for students, faculty and staff since last April's shootings at Virginia Tech, technology can't fix one problem: not everyone who's eligible for the emergency alerts wants them
 
Tags: emergency notification systems, faculty, emergency alerts, students, virginia tech, fix, shootings, staff, eligible
 
 
 
 
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Risk and Culture

2008-05-21 05:19:59 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...shootings, domestic terrorism, nanotechnology, and the mandatory vaccination of school-age girls against HPV, among other issues. The Study also presents evidence of risk-communication strategies that counteract cultural cognition. Because nuclear power affirms rather than threatens the identity of persons who hold individualist values, for...
 
Tags: risk, values, cultural values, hold hierarchical, hold, egalitarian values, hold individualist values, diverse values, national risk
 
 
 
 
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Parents can't afford to let their guard down when it comes to their children's safety

2008-05-23 04:35:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...shootings in which he has been called in to assist educators and parents understand. One thing is clear from listening to both men, parents need to be ever mindful of the fact that they are their children's protectors. They are the sheepdogs, ever on the lookout for marauding wolves If you are a parent, or an educator or a security...
 
Tags: clinton van zandt, van zandt, parents, tragic school shootings, strongly urge, behavioral profiler, security professional, inside sories, investigators association
 
 
 
 
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Kids with Cell Phones in Emergencies

2008-08-14 12:20:24 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...shootings and the 9/11 terrorist attacks, many parents feel better having a way to contact their children. But hundreds of students on cell phones during an emergency can cause problems for responders There's a huge difference between feeling safer and being safer," says Kenneth Trump, president of National School Safety and Security...
 
Tags: cell phones, irrational security decisions, trump, expedite parental traffic, kenneth trump, national school safety, huge difference, cell phone, terrorist attacks
 
 
 
 
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Movie Plot Threats in The Guardian

2008-09-04 05:56:57 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...shootings are much greater than the actual risks. In the UK, it's child predators. And people all over the world mistakenly fear flying more than driving. But the very definition of news is something that hardly ever happens. If an incident is in the news, we shouldn't worry about it. It's when something is so common that its no longer news -...
 
Tags: terrorists bomb, bomb, threats, terrorists, terrorists attack wimbledon, specific targets, security, targets, security follies
 
 
 
 
 
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