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JWeinCom on 27 May 2022
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sc94597 said:
S.Peelman said:

I wouldn’t be so sure. Most people are not smart.

I’m European, so I’ll never understand this, and I won’t argue because why would I, but I don’t see how some here don’t see that arming teachers and whatnot would only lead to wild-west style shootouts in places where you don’t want them.

Sure some people in that group aren't that smart, but if people used their own faculties rather than "follow orders" a few of them would have initiated the process of breaking down the door. Police intentionally turn off their own reasoning skills and act as automatons to be ordered.

I personally don't think teachers should be forced to carry guns. Having said that, it isn't impossible for there to be an effective arming of teachers. If I recall correctly, Israel has done this as a counter-terrorism measure. Albeit all Israelis are conscripted into the military for two years and there are other very different cultural and political differences from the U.S. Edit: I just fact checked this, and found out that this is a myth. Israel has armed security guards, but not armed teachers. 

Israel is also the size of New Jersey, with compulsory military service for all citizens. Finding qualified guards there would be easier than placing an armed guard in each school in rural Texas. There are 98,755 public schools in the US. And there are always going to be other soft targets. Can't arm everyone, no matter how much some would like that.