Liberal Forum

When you depend upon another person to defend your life, you're putting your life in their hands. Why create more gun-free zones when those obviously don't work? Sure, you can make the attempt to ban some of the guns, but you won't ban them all. They'll still be available and gun free zones will still exist and all it takes is someone with even a tube fed rifle to wreak havoc, mayhem and death. You can lock the doors, they'll go through the windows. There are still going to violent, antisocial, misanthropic, **** crazy people out there quite willing to engage in murder. And you're back right where you started. Dead kids and teachers. Or dead movie-goers. Or dead mall shoppers. Or dead co-employees. Your laws and confiscatory measures didn't do a bit of good. I don't necessarily agree with having a cop in every school. I've read the reports of molestation and violence perpertrated by School Resource Officers. I do think it's quite acceptable to arm the teachers. They are the first point of contact with any shooter and will be able to respond faster, if need be, than any law enforcement out on patrol in the streets. Think on this. This doesn't mean if a shooting occurs the teacher goes out and confronts the shooter(s). The teacher's first job is to secure the safety of the children. So of course that means going through the standard emergency protocals. Locking the doors, turning off lights, looking for the means to escape. But those are not always successful. The gun is the last resort. If the shooter gets into the room, the teacher is at the ready to defend her andtheir charges and prepared to unleash hell. I mean, hell, there could be better escape and safety protocals within the schools. Like inter-connecting doors to other classrooms to provide escape routes. Hell, make the investment and make the doors all steel. If there is a want for windows in thedoor, make the windows small enough to look through, bullet-resistant and if broken, the lock out ofarm reach. The walls are usually cinderblock and that's pretty secure. In other words, you're creating somewhat of a panic room with each classroom. You could even have windows leading outside that are similar to what you find in schoolbuses or motorhomes. They pop out in case of emergency. Of course, these safety mechanisms are never guaranteed to work, but allowing the teacher the means of self-defense and escape is much more feasible than having a lone officer in the school or what is currently being done now, which isn't working.