Teachers and school staff should have guns

You do make a really good point. While teachers having guns can protect students, it can also harm students. There have been situations where teachers have injured students by accidentally firing the gun. If teachers are not armed with guns, any accidental injuries or deaths could be prevented. A teacher in a California school accidentally fired a gun and injured one student during a public safety lesson. If he didn't have a gun, the injury could have been prevented. The student could have died if the gun hit another part of the student's body or the gun was more powerful. There have also been incidents where children have stolen guns from officers. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incidents I've found, but the children could have injured or killed some people. It's safe to not arm teachers with guns because children could steal their guns. A child could get the keys or the code to the locked vault with the gun. A child could be sneaky and steal a gun from the teacher. While this is unlikely, it is still possible. Students might be scared going into classrooms knowing their teachers have guns. They will be worried that the teacher will fire the gun. This can affect the child's learning ability. Students might be more comfortable going into classrooms that don't have an armed teacher. A teacher could have a mental health problem. It could lead to the teacher using the gun on the students. A teacher could get very mad at her students and unable to control the anger. In response, the teacher could pull out the gun and fire it. If teachers do not have guns, they could not do this. If teachers were to have guns, they would not be trained. They would have to train, which may cost money. Buyings guns for the teachers will cost the school more money. It will also add more responsibilities and work for the teachers and staff. I think that the only people allowed to be armed in schools are officers who work well with guns and have a lot of experience. The officers have to be trusted and have no record of injuring an innocent person. If only officers have guns, the chance of them firing one accidentally or intentionally at a student or the chance of a child stealing a gun is very unlikely. If a school cannot get security guards, there are ways they can protect their students. One way is practicing lockdown drills. Lockdown drills should be performed often. It will help if they are performed like there is a real shooting. The students should learn how to fight the intruder if he/she enters the building. Another way is installing metal detectors that can detect if there is an illegal item. Security cameras are an important thing to install. They can track the intruder and show where the intruder is. At my school if there is no staff member watching the doors, then the door is locked. The person has to press a button that tells the office he/she wants to enter. If the office recognized the person as a student, parent, guardian, tutor, or other staff member then they will be let in. If there is a stranger and they find the stranger to be dangerous, they may keep the doors locked and put the school on lockdown. Schools could install a system like this to keep the school safer. We should acknowledge the safer ways to protect a school. https://www.washingtonpost.com... https://abcnews.go.com... https://www.nytimes.com...