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by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 729 days ago
What do the phones add to a shooting?
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Ability to call 911 or with e911 send texts, images, or videos
Every school I’ve been in has phones in every single classroom.

Even with the advent of cell phones, I doubt those are going away.

If there is an active shooter, you might be hiding
Guns are loud. It’s not like only a few people will know.
The police are just going to stand around and play with their phones anyway.
I'm sensing some kind of (sad) irony here.
The ability for a phone to give away a victim's location to the perpetrator as well as encourage parents to get in the way of first responders.