I was thinking about the idea of gun safes in some of the class rooms, and individual teachers being well trained in their use, when i came up with the full scale idea.
Since it is not possible to create an impenetrable wall around schools, it is necessary to deal with armed incursions. Military small arms are very available in the US, and will continue to make their way into supposedly secure locations.
As we deal with this problem of violence in our culture, it might be wise to form heavily armed hostage rescue teams in each school. The equipment would be distributed in a few safes. the team would be distributed around the school during ordinary operations. They would remain in contact and would assemble quickly in the event of trouble.
The idea would be to hunt down the attacker/s immediately, and to pin them down and kill them. I realize that this plan does not fit into any Utopian dream world. It is practical and utilitarian. It should cover other locations where soft targets gather. Hospitals, Public venues, etc.
you can see some weaknesses in this idea that you can finally get enough guns and weapons on the scene that it becomes safe. for one, it would then always be possible to force a teacher to open the gun safe at pen or shiv point, and then participate in a shooting without having to purchase a gun illegally. It would also be simply a matter of time until the trusted rescue team at a school itself stages a mass shooting.
I used to be such a gun fancier. i loved to carry guns and to fire them. now, i am having trouble with the idea of carrying around explosives for the purpose of driving chunks of lead into other folks. Handguns in particular, have turned out to be the suicide method for manly men, so that adds another bad feeling to smaller guns. These school shootings so seem to be suicides that bring some others along for the ride.
I guess that the question of whether suicide should be legal, or should remain illegal is a question to be decided elsewhere. I can say one thing. when you possess a powerful handgun, this easy and often successful suicide mode is always available to you. It changes the way that you think if you can always depart very quickly. It is weird to make something like suicide or abortion illegal, because it changes the dynamic in a very bad way. Clearly, we have turned captivity into a huge business, with 2 % of all Americans 'safely' locked away. That is clearly why we are making so many things illegal. it is very good business that creates new clients!
