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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
Yeah but there's a point to be made that no one makes. You don't have to be Rambo and blast your way into a fire fight with someone to have effective self defense. There's such a laser focus on "you can't win a fire fight unless you train in fire fights every day". It's so one sided even those dumb 2nd amendment folks can't seem to coherently explain why it might not be such a bad idea to have a few people who are licensed to carry guns anyway, carry guns at work. Unless you can fix the problem properly, you really are disadvantaging people by creating gun free zones. If this is your culture then you either play the game or you lose.
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As much as I hate to admit it, under the current circumstances and environment in the US arming teachers might actually improve the situation. These shooters are not mastermind hardened terrorists and I expect a portion would be deterred by the thought of armed teachers. For those who aren’t deterred, or even relish the thought of a shootout, it’s hard to say if the situation would be improved or not. Some shooters would be stopped early, offset by accidental or collateral shootings.
Sadly, in the logic of gun culture this is a plausible approach. From my vantage point in safe privileged Calgary the idea is appalling.