"Let's put an end to gun violence by handing out more guns"

I think in most cases, if the assailant is aware that their opponent is a teacher ... the assailant is likely to proceed with their agenda ... If a teacher gets in their way, that will further fuel their anger and they'll most likely attack rather than try to escape.

if there are teachers with such backgrounds who have the confidence and experience to bear arms and protect the school if there's an attack, then great, but that's not likely.

The problem there is that for most of these shooters there is no recorded history of violence or (as in the case of the Las Vegas shooter) no recorded history of mental health problems. Not to mention the fact that mentally ill people are more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violence.


Most of these people have no expectation of making it out alive so even arming teachers/everyone isn't going to stop them trying.

Well in a country that allows semi automatic rifles to be purchased over the counter you're always going to have the occasional mass killing which nobody could have foreseen so unless the U.S outlaws all semi automatic rifles there isn't much more they can do.

Limiting guns to mentally stable non violent people over the age of 21 for example would at least help stop a lot of mass shootings.

As things stand when a shooter enters a school he is free to kill until he runs out of bullets or targets. There is nothing to stop him.

You do realize that convicted felons and people who have been committed/declared incompetent cannot buy guns legally? The problem with the guy in Florida was that he was neither.

I think it's still better than doing nothing

While I do believe that this is a pretty bad policy and one of the stupider ones I've heard of - equally, the contention that bringing armed security (i.e. guns) into schools is somehow not a valid solution isn't a sensible one either.

If you have a situation where armed people are targeting schools, I don't see how armed guards are going to make that situation worse rather than better. There are armed marshals on planes, armed guards at airports, in many countries there are armed guards at banks and jewelry shops. What exactly is the problem with armed guards at schools?

Absolutely, arming teachers is an absurd idea, though.

No. There are few things that could make the gun situation in America worse but having teachers sat their with guns is certainly one of them.

As things stand when a shooter enters a school he is free to kill until he runs out of bullets or targets. There is nothing to stop him.

Moreover if a potential shooter knows he will have to confront someone armed he might not make the attack in the first place.

Trump's idea makes perfect logical sense. As he often does actually, although you wouldn't think so to see how it everything he says is reported in the media.

Guns will not be banned in America. Not going to happen. Deal with it.

And in the light of that, thought has to be given as to how the dangers this (admittedly somewhat bizarre) reality brings can be mitigated.

The way I see it is, having armed teachers will result in a shootout, which could (/will) result in two catastrophic things happening. First, it can prolong the attack as the shootout will last until one of the shooters is killed, or until the police arrive and takeover. As Trump says, these attacks usually last a few minutes because the killer will have done his damage and will try to escape or fails and gets gunned down himself. But if there is an obstacle in his way, and a good one at that, it will last longer and more damage will be done, which leads on to the second catastrophic thing happening - civilian casualties. Students could possibly get caught in the crossfire and especially if the killer (or the teacher) is nervous/not experienced in gun use, they could end up firing all over the place and doing more harm than good.

I do understand the logic of having armed security, but in an environment where there are lots of young vulnerable, it isn't the right place. More so, imagine if these guns were left unattended or at most, locked away in a drawer. Kids could easily get their hands on them. I just think there are way more risks involved.

As things stand when a shooter enters a school he is free to kill until he runs out of bullets or targets. There is nothing to stop him.

Moreover if a potential shooter knows he will have to confront someone armed he might not make the attack in the first place.

Trump's idea makes perfect logical sense. As he often does actually, although you wouldn't think so to see how it everything he says is reported in the media.

Guns will not be banned in America. Not going to happen. Deal with it.

And in the light of that, thought has to be given as to how the dangers this (admittedly somewhat bizarre) reality brings can be mitigated.

I don't think it'll make it worse. If there are a lot of armed teachers around perhaps schools will be less of a soft target for shooters.

Or some stressed teacher with a gun will be the shooter.Do you think that a teacher would never shoot a school up? You're wrong.And it does nothing to solve the overall problem.If a school becomes a hard target they will just shoot somewhere else.Like a concert for example or a cinema or perhaps a church.Oh wait they've already done that.You would need millions of armed guards to protect every single possible target.Trumps idea is simplistic and just demonstrates his low intellect tbh.

It's probably the most stupid idea he's suggested.

So you're going to demand that teachers have to be trained combatants and rather than run or hide for protection in the case of a shooting, they have to confront the shooter themselves and risk their own life?

And what gun should Mrs Winston have? An Assault rifle? Because school shootings tend to be done with them. Having a pistol when the shooter has an assault rifle is about as useful as a chocolate teapot. A teacher with a pistol is not going to deter a lunatic with an assault rifle.

And do you really think it makes schools a safer place if teachers are say their with weapons of war?