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Originally Posted by Jorn
A couple more events like this and anything is possible. Guns in the school is not a solution. Just think about it, even if the teacher can get the nerves together to get to the gun, is he or she so well trained and so calm he/she is only going to shoot at the gun man when he comes around the corner?
What about the swat team; now they have to deal with a killer and teachers with guns: who is the killer, they don't know. It would be a nightmare for them.
School burglaries; happens all the time. Besides computers, now they can get guns, nice!
I don't know about you but when I was in school there were no obstacles, I was always a step a head of the teachers. If there were guns in my school I would have gotten my hands on them, just for fun and out of curiosity.
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All valid points.
As stated, no solution is a panacea.
However, I'd be pleased to see handguns in the school in a limited capacity rather than do nothing.
And, trying to restrict handguns by legislation is worse than doing nothing because you expend a monumental effort and political capital fighting a losing battle that won't solve the problem even if you're 50% successful.