School Terror Drills…Is This the First You Have Heard of This?

First of all, let Gun Shy go on record stating that local law enforcement learning the layout of local schools is a good thing, and practicing to engage and neutralize terrorists who are attempting to take over the school is even a better thing. Terrorists for the most part are cowards not soldiers, so they seek out soft targets where they can kill or injure a large number of people while encountering little or no resistance. The school siege at Beslan Russia in 2004 clearly demonstrated that they have no conscience when it comes to murdering women and children or other innocent bystanders, if they believe it necessary to insure the completion of their objectives, and the more time you give them to set up, the more destruction they will impart. The readers who are familiar with the Beslan terror attack, have probably already realized two things. That schools are a soft target that terrorists have on the top of their list of places to wreak havoc in order to make a political statement, and if they do attack a public school, chances are they have come there to die, and therefore a team of highly trained warriors need to get in there quickly with a well co-ordinated effort, and whack them and stack them in an urgent time is of the essence manner. The sad reality of this situation, is that innocent people may die in the process, but the primary objective is to shut them down with as little loss of life as possible. The press for the most part has been silent about this, in an attempt to not cause panic with the parents of school aged children, but it should be noted that floor plans, photos, a crisis response report, and other information for six American schools including one here in Ft Meyers Florida were found during a raid on terrorist by U.S. troops in Iraq in July 04. Based on the large volume of information that this writer has reviewed over the years that has aided me in establishing and defining patterns, I am of the opinion that they are waiting and planning, and will strive to make good on their threats at some point in the future. An attack on Iran could illicit such a response by already established terror cells here in America. The members of Al Qaeda as well as other similar associated organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah are extremely patient, perform extensive surveillance in order to gather a large volume of intel, spend a lot of time meticulously planning their attacks, and are well funded. No one can be certain where these attacks will occur, but there are some experts who believe that they most certainly will. There are some who are opposed to this type of training and preparation by law enforcement, but Gun Shy is of the firm belief that if you fail to train, you train to fail. Here is a video of a local law enforcement team training in a school in Colorado.