At 8/19/08 08:00 PM, snapper5 wrote:
lol, why can't people be a hero in these school situations and ambush the shooter
Allowing the teachers to have guns puts them on a level playing field with shooter. Instead of shooting fish in a barrel, the would-be massacring psycho is likely going to get shot himself pretty quickly.
i mean, 2 people leaping on someones arm would disable them from using the gun
You watch too many movies. It's not very easy for people who are unarmed to neutralize someone with a gun. It happens, but it's not going to happen very often.
The thing about school shootings is that the shooter always has plenty of time to meticulously go around and cap people at his leisure. School cops are too few to really do anything, and it takes minutes for police to get there, and more often than not the police just hide outside. The best way to stop the attack is to first deter the attacker by making it public knowledge that teachers are packing, and second, have the teachers armed so that they can quickly stop the attacker before you get a long, drawn-out killing spree like you see in most school shootings.
I think it's a good idea. Granted the teachers should go through training, and be thoroughly screened to make sure they don't have serious anger problems.