Teachers Across The Country Are Thinking About Active Shooter Situations : NPR
Joshua Grubbs
JOSHUA GRUBBS: Yes. My name is Joshua Grubbs  and I am an assistant professor of psychology at Bowling Green State University.
SHAPIRO: For  Joshua Grubbs  thinking about school shootings  is a reflex as soon as  he  walks into a classroom.  He  came to teaching in this era of school shootings.  He  was in college near Virginia Tech at the time of the 2007 massacre there in which 32 people died.
 GRUBBS : Now  walking into a new classroom as a professor for the semester  just kind of looking  OK  does the door open in or out? What kind of desks do we have in the room? Is there a locking mechanism in the door? Can I lock it reasonably during class and just keep the door locked for the classroom? Are there large windows? Do they face the inside or the outside - those kind of things.
KELLY: That is an argument that  Joshua Grubbs  does not buy.  He  grew up in rural North Carolina.
 GRUBBS : I've been around guns my whole life. I'm very comfortable around them. I'm a pretty decent shot. And if you placed me in a situation in a crowded classroom with people screaming and crying and people dying and someone standing with an assault rifle  I would bet my money on the assault rifle every time.
SHAPIRO: The voices of teachers from around the United States reflecting on last week's shooting in Florida - we heard from Stephanie Jones  Joshua Grubbs  Ricky Stephens and Carrie Martin.
JOSHUA GRUBBS: Yes. My name is  [TGT] and I am an assistant professor of psychology at Bowling Green State University.
SHAPIRO: For   [TGT] thinking about school shootings  is a reflex as soon as   [TGT]   walks into a classroom.   [TGT]   came to teaching in this era of school shootings.   [TGT]   was in college near Virginia Tech at the time of the 2007 massacre there in which 32 people died.
 GRUBBS : Now  walking into a new classroom as a professor for the semester  just kind of looking  OK  does the door open in or out? What kind of desks do we have in the room? Is there a locking mechanism in the door? Can I lock it reasonably during class and just keep the door locked for the classroom? Are there large windows? Do they face the inside or the outside - those kind of things.
KELLY: That is an argument that   [TGT] does not buy.   [TGT]   grew up in rural North Carolina.
  [TGT]  : I've been around guns my whole life. I'm very comfortable around them. I'm a pretty decent shot. And if you placed me in a situation in a crowded classroom with people screaming and crying and people dying and someone standing with an assault rifle  I would bet my money on the assault rifle every time.
SHAPIRO: The voices of teachers from around the United States reflecting on last week's shooting in Florida - we heard from Stephanie Jones   [TGT] Ricky Stephens and Carrie Martin.