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Imagine the chaos of multiple people with guns trying to take down an assailant with the police involved. Who are the good guys here? Friendly fire happens with cops accidentally shooting hostage victims occasionally and they are well trained.
Do civilians really know how to deal with hostage scenarios?
Do teachers want to carry firearms to protect elementary school students?
Are the school districts going to pay for training and armament?
What if a teacher attacks the children in their class? What if a student carries a weapon to the school and creates a hostage situation? (You eliminated a gun free zone).
Assailants can be better armed than teachers and they can wear armor, which teachers/security personnel will not be equipped with. (See Buffalo massacre)
These are just off the top of my head. I would like to hear a security analyst take on it.
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In the UK, where you're not allowed to use firearms to defend yourself, home invasions where someone is home is 64%. In the US, where it is permissible, home invasions where someone is home is 27.6%.
You're over twice as likely to be robbed while you're home in the UK as you are in the US. I'm sure the factors are complex, but knowing that you're actually risking your life when you break into a home in the US has to be one of the factors.
https://www.nimblefins.co.uk/home-insurance/burglary-statist... https://www.thezebra.com/resources/research/burglary-statist....
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Tell us again how giving a firearm to Betty the school lunch lady will help in any way ?
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If the expected outcome of an attempted mass shooting is a quick and ignominious death it will be a major deterrent.
Teachers and administrators have been voluntarily carrying concealed firearms in Utah for roughly a decade.