Purdue study: More guns in school reduce casualties, makes them safer...

[ezkl2230]

Using an “agent-based modeling” method that he says is as straight forward as it gets, Dietz and the university were able to conclude that the “introduction of a minimal (10%) armed faculty in conjunction with [a] resource officer” could reduce overall casualties in school-related shootings by roughly 70 percent.

Since the 1950s, all but two mass shootings have occurred in locations where victims were restricted from carrying weapons for self-defense, his work says. This stunning statistic led the university to question the effectiveness of so-called “gun free zones.”

According to his research, waiting for police, which averages longer than 10 minutes, results in another casualty every 20 seconds. Arming just 10% of staff in addition to the presence of an armed resource officer reduces potential casualties by over 70%.

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EDITED: I want to know if Purdue Univ. will allow carry on campus in the light of their own conclusive research.

 

[brotherbill3]

The answer is not yet. Purdue, like must universities, is still run by and maintains a very liberal administration.

The "new" "Everytown" group held a public forum there last week. I know people (pro carry/rights) who attended and spoke. I have not finished the review of this for our page yet. The police chief is not in favor, (based on very flawed logic) of student carry.

And if you reference the murder of Andrew Boldt in January - remember that he was stabbed several times first and those wounds were fatal.

I will post back here when I get the article written up for IMAGC...

 

[kwc]

The answer is not yet. Purdue, like must universities, is still run by and maintains a very liberal administration.

But at least Purdue has a conservative President. Of course, he is very limited in what he can do.

 

[Rhino]

Now a professor at Purdue University and director of the school’s Homeland Security Institute, Dietz could be the guy who — once and for all — destroys the left’s argument against putting more guns in schools. And it’s all based on numbers and facts.

Who writes this crap? We've had numbers and facts for decades that have proven these things. Since when has any of that destroyed the left’s arguments against guns? Having numbers and facts doesn't mean squat if you can't get that message out to the populace, and the media insures that doesn't happen. Jason Howerton, the author of this article, must have been living under a rock if he hasn't seen that.