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EightandaHalf-Tails t1_j1g2536 wrote

How is active shooter training for LGBTQ+ venues different than active shooter training for non-LGBTQ+ venues..?

It's a person shooting other people, who cares who they're having sex with...

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biscoito1r t1_j1g374b wrote

Even after stopping an active shooter, you'll have to worry about a trigger happy cop. Remember what happened at that club where the security guard restrained the shooter and was shot by the police even with ppl telling the police not to shoot because that was the security guard. We need to stop hiring Keystone cops.

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ProjectMoonsong t1_j1g46yy wrote

Replying to EightandaHalf-Tails (#1,032,183)

The difference is that LGBTQ+ venues, and venues that are supportive of LGBTQ+ (like Libraries) have been increasingly the target of violence, threats, and shootings, so it makes sense to devote some funding to provide active shooter training.

It's the same reason why schools have those active shooter drills. The system is sick and politics are fucked, so it's not possible to stop every maybe shooters, but you can at least train people in targeted sectors to hopefully reduce the potential number of casualties.

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celebrityDick t1_j1gdfgw wrote

Learn how to shoot back. All the active shooter training you'll ever need

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katarina-stratford t1_j1getcg wrote

Remember when we found out the Uvalde police dept had done active shooter training at the Uvalde high school just a couple of months before hand?

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PM_NUDES_4_DOG_PICS t1_j1gex5a wrote

Replying to celebrityDick (#1,033,342)

I'm just here to plug Pink Pistols/Operation Blazing Sword, an LGBT-focused group dedicated to educating the community on firearms safety and self-defense. They're an incredible resource and I highly encourage anyone interested in learning about defensive firearms use in an LGBT-friendly environment to check them out.

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PuraVida3 t1_j1glyd6 wrote

I work for a local judiciary. I've had to be trained how to survive in an active shooter situation. Why do I have to have a training? Why am I not being protected by my government? I can go buy a gun and that requires no training. Fuck you!

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gophergun t1_j1hquer wrote

It's important to specify which police department in the headline. The current headline makes it seem like this is national or coordinated rather than just in Atlanta.

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jaytrade21 t1_j1hr4tm wrote

Replying to Rawnblade12 (#1,032,217)

Nah, they are just going to bring out a machine guns that kills everyone and then blame the "shooter" for all the deaths and then hi-five themselves and go for a beer before they go home and beat their spouses.

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suzer2017 t1_j1hrmu5 wrote

I immediately thought of Stonewall, where the fight was against the police. Also, I thought of all the innocent people of color who have been killed by police. I really don't have enough trust to have any kind of positive reaction to this news.

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km89 t1_j1in2qg wrote

Replying to ProjectMoonsong (#1,032,396)

I don't think the point was an "all lives matter" equivalent, but more "what's different about LGBT+ places that requires different training than any other club?"

If there's separate training, it's because there's something different about the process requiring a different curriculum. But it's not like gay clubs tend to be open spaces while straight clubs tend to have lots of rooms and hallways or something.

Regardless, the question's based on a misunderstanding. They're training employees of the venues at risk, they're not training police officers on LGBT+-specific tactics.

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yogfthagen t1_j1jx98v wrote

I've had 4 active shooter trainings at work.

Not surprised.

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forests-of-purgatory t1_j1kbj7l wrote

Replying to suzer2017 (#1,045,107)

Who would you like to train them though? Its not quite a moment the police have to step in to save queer people, its a standard course taught as a workshop to school teachers that is being extended to them

What would you like instead?

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