Gun Control, Controversy, so keep it clean.

Exactly. Arm the teachers... yeah.
From my own fathers experience with TAG unit Greater Manchester... not all coppers here in UK pass the firearms exams, but they are still coppers, so, you want to arm teachers, all teachers, and you think they will be "as good" as trained armed guards who have passed the test?.
There is no shame in not being able to pull the trigger when faced with another persons life.
Its called being human.

All of us who have had military training have been, in some way, psyche profiled, in how likely we are to just stand there and freeze when it comes to being faced with an enemy and having to decide "Him of me".
I know in my case, its Him. How much that was represented on my psyche profile i will never know, I dont want to know to be honest, its never been an issue, what would knowing prove in any way anyway?
How does that speak of my own mentality?. only that I passed the firearms training.
I have NEVER in my whole life had to make the decision...
I was one of the "Backroom boys" in my career, out of sight, out of mind [?invisible idiot?] somewhere on a heavly defended base, keeping the toys in order so someone else could take them to the sharp end of the battlefield(s).

However, being told to train my weapon on a kid?.
That would have been beyond my pay grade.

So discounting HIGHLY trained police officers who have had the right psyche profiling and are proven to not be liable to go ape-sh*t at a kid for the 100th time of asking where his homework was [... erm... I was that kid?.....] and having been given extensive multi-weapon training to recognise from the sharp end what is being pointed at and know how to differentiate between real and water pistol, all that whilst keeping up with the current level of teacher training.............

Just Who the hell are these super-powered teachers you are expecting to be able to find who want that type of job in the first place?.

Going back to my Fathers time, the Police of Manchester were polled, just for the knowledge of being asked and not for any kind of decision, how they would react to being asked if they would carry a side-arm.
This was a "Just for asking no action will be taken at all" reassurance question, and a totally free vote.
80% indicated they would hand back their commission and leave the police force.

From my mothers side, she being a teacher, I can assure you that that would have been 100% of any teacher you asked in the UK, now and then....

So asking just for the asking here, how many teachers in USA on being asked to carry a firearm are going to say "Sod that for a game of soldiers" and go find something easier to do for a job, like teaching trees to drink water.

Of those left, how many of them will pass the psyche profile to be given the extensive training?.
And then, how many of those that have got that far will pass the training.

What do I suspect?. I suspect I will be able to take them all home after training and to their jobs in just one small family sedan.

there was an interview with an armed teacher from Colorado. in the interview, he displayed his pistol for the interviewer = the time it took him to get it free of his clothing in a NON stress situation would be sufficient for any active shooter to recognize that he was going for a gun and shoot him multiple times.

one of our firefighters who went over to the dark side amused himself at one of our drills by demonstrating why you don't let the bad guy get within ten yards of you without having him under firm control. from 5, he could pull YOUR sideclip knife out of YOUR pocket and "cut" you with it before you could stop him.



(note these aren't knives carried as a weapon, but they are weapon-capable enough to raise eyebrows in the UK. I have mine in my rope gear jumpsuit as a safety knife.)

www.knife-depot.com/blog/5-reasons-ditch-pocket-clip/

Meanwhile, I've seen a lot of people putting forward variations on the notion that military veterans - especially ones that are otherwise unemployed or underemployed - be given the training and certification necessary so that they could serve as armed school security.

The logic is that the veterans would already have weapons training, and so represent a ready pool of potential candidates.

there would still have to be some significant vetting. also, military weapons training won't necessarily transfer to being the designated first victim in a mass shooter scenario.

Far from being a fantasy, here are a few examples of good guys with guns stopping assailants:

www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/us/homeowner-gun-photo-trnd/index.html
www.foxnews.com/us/2017/09/24/tennessee-church-usher-who-stopped-gunman-is-hailed-as-hero.html
www.kmov.com/story/35702690/homeowner-restrains-intruder-with-duct-tape-until-police-show-up
www.denverpost.com/2007/12/10/guards-hands-didnt-even-shake-as-she-shot-gunman/
boston.cbslocal.com/2016/01/05/manchester-police-woman-65-years-old-shoots-robber/
apnews.com/fdf7ef4ed2d3473399c98215a64e6de5?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP
www.ksat.com/news/watch-ksats-erica-hernandez-first-at-scene-gives-firsthand-account-of-mass-church-shooting

As for the Broward sheriff's department, they are many things, but I wouldn't call someone who sits and listens to 17 children being murdered "good". Especially when their job is to protect those children, and they have the training and alleged expertise to at least attempt to deal with the situation.

As for speed drawing, it should be obvious that that is not required.

Having an armed teacher(s) on site, but unknown to the shooter, adds an element of uncertainty to their plans. They don't know where the resistance is coming from. They aren't looking for a fight; they just want a slaughter, and that unknown gun gets in the way of that slaughter.

As shown in the numerous examples above, as soon as armed resistance showed up, the shooter usually surrendered or suicided. That seems to be the best outcome, no?

And the teachers aren't being required to arm themselves--they are simply given the option.

What do real teachers think? Hundreds of teachers sign up for free gun training in Ohio

This atrocity showed the complete failure of the government at multiple levels. The FBI ignored multiple warnings. The Broward Sheriff ignored 37 incidents (including weapons use). The school system itself identified the shooter as a violent person. The sheriff (again) stood by idly while the murder took place--it was only when an off duty Palm Beach officer showed up that anything was done--and apparently, the Broward sheriff LIED outright about having cleared the school prior to that.

Armed teachers? I remember some I had that were ex-military. I'd trust them, at the least.

It seems that some want the teachers to die for their children, but not fight for them. That seems wrong to me.

Too political yet?

One more to twist any way seen fit.

www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/24/oklahoma-employee-defends-liquor-store-from-thief-report-says.html

As for phoning the police, as has been often said; when seconds count, the police take minutes.

All the kids at the Florida school had phones. The best they could do was call their parents and tell them; "I haven't been shot...YET."

If I was personally confronted with a shooter, I'd be better off pulling out my gun than pulling out my phone.

On the shooting theme, part of my training, many decades ago, was how to disarm a side-arm when poked at your face.
If, and this is a BIG if, it its me-and-my-family and I have a gun to my face, and I know they aint bluffing, I am going to give it a go, if it becomes possible, because thats what being a father is all about. If its just "Give me your wallet", I am letting them have it, but if its more serious?..
If its more than one person, I aint a fool, I also aint no "Gibbs mob" NCIS team that can disarm all of them at the same time whilst ensuring no shots are fired.

But to find "One good guy with a gun" that aint been shot already in a crowd of panicked people?.. chances are, mighty rare, you got more chance finding a polar bear than the one good guy with a gun.

Otherwise, yes, the solution is going to be on MANY fronts, and may involve nopes Wall being built in sections around all schools and a rather invasive search akin to Airport security at all gates for the students.

But then the assailant will just wait outside?.

Better reporting procedures and checking of all "This guy is stone cold blue chip added Stilton FRUITCAKE" reports to find and deal with all known nut cases that could be terrorists if not held in check.

But the ultimate answer is LESS guns.

So how are you going to deal with that?.

except if the shooter WAS a shooter and not some other form of crook, the first you knew there was a problem would be when he shot you. Because if he suspected you had a gun, you would be the first person he shot.