Let's Wussify America

Please read the follwoing story:

Burleson changes stance on student attack training
03:50 PM CDT on Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Associated Press
BURLESON - Training that taught students to attack a gunman if he invades a classroom was a mistake, Burleson school officials said Wednesday, changing to a stance that students should not physically confront armed intruders.
A spokesman for the Burleson school system said Wednesday the district will continue to train students how to respond in life-threatening situations, but won't show how to take down an attacker.
"That was not something we believe in and not something we supported," district spokesman Richard Crummel said. "It wasn't brought to our attention until they had already done the training."
Teachers in all 11 schools in the Burleson district, located in a working-class Fort Worth suburb of about 26,000, have received the fight-back training over the last 18 months. So did students at one elementary school and the high school.
The district is not backing away from every aspect of the training, still favoring "chaos theory."
"We believe you make every effort to get away from the gunman or the intruder instead of going to the gunman or the intruder," Crummel said. "You create chaos to get away. You don't create chaos to take the gunman down."
The district sent letters to parents Friday expressing regret for the training and saying the district "does not, nor will we support teaching our students to attack an intruder."
The letter was signed by every principal in the district except for Norwood Elementary principal Lisa Crane, whose husband, Greg, originally suggested the training. Greg Crane, a former police officer, is a teacher at the high school. Greg Crane did not immediately return a phone message or email seeking comment Wednesday.
Burleson officials have fielded calls from parents, law-enforcement officials and other school districts since the policy made national news this month.
"On a national level, people are calling in and saying bravo for at least looking at other options," Crummel said. "On a local level, people are concerned about one thing: how it affects their children."
The district's emergency training covered various emergencies, such as tornadoes, fires and situations where first aid is required. But the most controversial aspect of the training had to do with armed intruders.
Students learned to not comply with a gunman's orders and to take him down. They also learned how to treat gunshot wounds, use a belt as a sling and to use shoelaces for tourniquets.
Robin Browne of Response Options, the company providing the training, has said Burleson wanted all students and teachers trained to fight back by the end of 2007. It was believed to be the first school district in the country to undertake this training, Browne said.
The district has paid Response Options about $2,000, Crummel said. No additional training has been scheduled.
Browne did not immediately return a call Wednesday.

Now this was a great idea!!!! If this New America was taught to fight back against agressors, by God there would of not been a 911! The liberal left wants us to stand there and wimper as a gunman ties our hands and shoots us in the head. Teach our children to fight back against agression. The poor little girls in Pennsylvania.... if the whole class would of attacked the guy they would still be alive. Even in Columbine, if the kids would of fought back there might have been less killed.
Now look at 911 hi-jackings.... who were the heroes? Flight 93, they fought back, and they died. But we know who they are! God bless the Hero!
Who ever thought of teaching these kids to protect themselves was an absolute genious. All of those liberals who are saying it is not a good idea..... well they are liberals!