Ohio school board to prevent school shootings by arming their Janitors with fire arms

[Max King of the Wild]

sperrico87 said:

NobleTeam360 said:
Why give the janitors guns? Give them to the teachers or put police officers in their. It doesn't have to be armed to the teeth just a few officers.

Police only get there after the crime has been committed.  Their job is to draw a chalk outline around the bodies.  They'll run toward the sound of the gunfire...after the guns already been fired.  Unless you're going to have an armed guard in every single room of the school, at all times, your plan doesn't work.  Even then, it's no guarantee at all that a shooting could always be prevented.  All it would take is the officer to turn their back to the criminal, or have their attention diverted, and they themselves could be shot without any warning.  So it's just not a very realistic or well-thought out plan.

First of all a armed person doesn't need to be in all the classrooms. Having them would be a deterrant and if someone still proceeds with their plan to start shooting a school then the duty of the armed personel is to limit the damage. As for the person turning their back, that's obviously a possibility but the person needs to get in the school with the gun undetected first. Then they need to make sure their shots count.