I had a long talk with a friend of mine who is an Iraqi war
veteran. He is trained on all kinds of
guns. He told me that in shootouts with
police, the police often (more than half the time) don't get the shooter. Plus he told me that it is very hard to train
ordinary civilians to shoot back to kill.
He was appalled at the thought of arming teachers.
What chance would a first grade teacher have against a
gunman, wearing a bullet proof vest, who is firing a rapid-fire gun with
endless bullets? And now think about the
potential for harm that could come from teachers walking around a school
packing pistols.
It seems to me more guns would make the situation worse. I really
liked the link that Imagine Wisconsin posted here. Let's try to head off these situations with adequate funding and
services to schools.
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