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Is training kids to fight back a safe idea?
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Dec 20, 2012
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Is training kids to fight back a safe idea?
The massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School has drawn attention to a program that trains teachers and student to fight back against armed madmen.
Military children at Santa Margarita Elementary School at Camp Pendleton point out which states they've lived in, before a meeting on Monday, Oct. 22 for newcomers to talk about what it's like to move a lot.
Is training kids to fight back a safe idea?
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The massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School has drawn attention to a program that trains teachers and student to fight back against armed madmen.

The massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School has drawn attention to a program that trains teachers and student to fight back against armed madmen.

Advocates of the ALICE program — it stands for alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate — say current procedures at most schools don't do enough to protect kids from school shooters.