re: School safety: A few things to increase it

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quote: They should allow concealed carry by the teachers if extra classes are taken I'm all for trying this, but I dont think it will be the end all be all that so many seem to think. The level of training that it would take for a teacher to be able to effectively respond to a shooter and take them out with a handgun going up against an AR15 is very high. So many people have this romantic idea of the good guy with a gun, and its just not realistic to think someone with basic pistol training could respond under the intense chaos and stress of a mass shooter event.

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I think you're missing part of the equation. I agree with you that a teacher with handgun training isn't all of a sudden going to become a navy seal. But I don't think you need to be. Once you have someone fire even a single shot back at an active shooter, he has to take account of this person, slow down what he's doing, and possibly take cover or flee. All of which turns this from a literal free-for-all into a standoff AND gives law enforcement more time to arrive and respond. Not to mention it makes the entire situation a lot more mentally taxing to begin with for the shooter, knowing that you won't be able to freely walk the halls of the school shooting an entirely defenseless student population.