I think the biggest problem with the whole “arm the school” idea, is the sheer numbers involved. Sure it sounds great to have a highly-trained SWAT team in every school, fully vetted psychologically, with angelic mindsets ready to protect the kids. But we can barely staff our regular police forces, let alone ensure that all of them are psychological saints. There are approximately 140,000 schools in the U.S. Are we seriously going to find, train, and pay 800,000 armed guards permanently stationed in these schools?

Furthermore, if we are wrong about only .01% of those, such that 1 out of every 10,000 of these supposed new hires ends up having a psychological issue, that’s 80 potential NEW school shootings because of the introduction of guns into the schools.

Worse, the thought of simply giving such weaponry to volunteer teachers is considerably more scary, and I’m a teacher! If I had to teach in such an environment, I’d quit.