All schools should be gun free zones.

Despite my the strong presentation of my opposition's argument, I see some problems with their rebuttals. First, your argument that lunatics would attack schools with no guns makes no sense. I have gone to schools with no guns permitted, and those schools have never been attacked by " lunatics". Lunatics don't attack schools with no guns permitted specifically, they just attack schools in general. No guns permitted in general would be a good step forward to stop these attacks. Also, your idea that guns in schools would make more people happy is not a good argument. Schools were not built on the foundation of happiness. Why is it that silly bands, a fad that caused many children to be happy, can be banned but guns can not? Guns being permitted in school is not a perfect link to no school shootings. There are so many other variables that could affect the amount of school shootings, such as the state's mental health and gun laws. Law-abiding citizen or not, guns do not belong in school. The argument that these licensed gun carriers have the same level as police officers is pointless when you consider that guns once again have no practical use in school. The why not argument that I have seen people say when opposing no guns in school is completely childish. It is not impossible to leave your guns at home when you go to school. Of course, if the persons were licensed, they would be an adult. This also means that the adult would have few reasons to come to school except to commit a mass shooting. If they did have a legitimate reason to come to school, they could leave their guns at home. When I support gun free schools, I mean that no regular person can bring a gun into school. This does not mean that designated police guards could guard the school with guns. If a good person with a gun is the only thing that could stop a bad person with a gun, then these guards could stop the criminals. In fact, gun free schools would have more protection against lawbreakers. I am entirely aware that criminals do not follow laws and do not care if they break them. In fact, some criminals like to break laws. However, if every school were gun free, the criminal would not have a specific school to choose from, not endangering any specific school. Also, the gun free laws would be one more charge pressed onto the criminal in court, and would make it easier to arrest them. Finally, I will address my argument's "silver bullet". Maybe every school shooting in the past has happened in gun-free zones. Maybe guns could protect schools from school shootings. However, that is not the purpose of the gun-free rule. If the gun-free rule were designed to protect from school shootings, the schools would have accepted the facts and allowed guns. The purpose of the no-guns rule in school is to protect children from fear. When people discuss this topic, they often forget that there are children at school. If a child saw a person carrying a gun, they would tell their peers and it would spread like wildfire. Then, the principal would have to go to all of the rooms and tell everyone that he was licensed and was permitted to have that gun. A gun in school would cause more problems than it would fix.