What's the solution to psychotic kids bringing weapons to school and killing other students, teachers or administrators? One suggestion floating around and getting some press recently is this: arm the teachers.
Can I ask that we think about this situation rationally for a minute, please? Consider one thing all of the recent school shootings have in common: pre-meditation. These kids had some deep-seeded issues, access to weapons, and plans. They had a goal that day. Now change tracks and picture an armed teacher or two in your high school. Sure, Mr. Jones is an experienced hunter and knows all about gun safety. He's even licensed to carry a concealed weapon. Great. I wholeheartedly trust Mr. Jones to handle that handgun he has in his desk drawer in your son's history class. We're on the same page now, but now picture a fight breaking out in the hallway. Mr. Jones runs to break it up with all the other able-bodied teachers. Maybe it spreads and a few more kids get involved and get heated. So Timmy says, "screw this" and kicks open Mr. Jones' desk drawer and starts taking down his antagonists. No premeditation, but ready access to solve a problem at hand. Bad, very bad.
There should be no guns in schools. Ever. Period.
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