After the shootings at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois, hundreds of colleges have decided to fight back.

A new training program for teachers and students will teach them how to survive and even stop the dangerous situation.

The class will teach on things like using strength in numbers and finding improvised weapons.

My only concern is that if this class is also for students, won’t that also be showing the possible attacker what he’s up against which will also give him the knowledge with which to get around it?

I do think this is a move in the right direction by giving schools a better chance against these horrible acts but I just wonder if they should keep some of these tactics out of the heads of students.

I’d suggest giving the teachers side-arms if I didn’t think they were just as prone to snapping as some students.

You can read the original article at the ChicagoTribune.com