Teachers and school staff should have guns

I'm glad you're in for this debate!I've been without an internet connection and I didn't realize the time for response was so short! I'm currently typing my rebuttals in a 25 minute timeframe, so bear with me! In response to your arguments, I want to make clear that there is not a fail-proof solution to this issue. I wish along with everyone else that there was a solution that could instantly prevent mass shootings, and school shootings in particular, from ever happening again. If I knew for a fact that some other solution would better prevent mass shootings without the same amount of ways it could fail, I would easily go with that. However, this is the reality that I will accept: there are still risks involved with arming teachers. I am willing to concede that there would be possible ways to tragedy to still occur in rare instances, just as other methods could also end up falling through. There are a plethora of conceivable ways that a person could end up outsmarting systems involving metal detectors, security cameras, and locked doors. The reality is that metal detectors haven't even been proven to reduce violent tendencies and events in students, and could even make things worse. [1] The key to finding the best solution to this issue is to follow the proposed solution with the best chance of possible outcomes and the least likelihood of negative repercussions. The reality is that allowing teachers to conceal carry is precisely that solution in comparison to the lack of efficacy shown by other methods.And let's be clear about something. First, I do not believe that all teachers should be forced to carry a gun in the classroom, and I can most definitely understand why some would have reservations about doing so. Second, those teachers who would decide that they would like to carry a gun in school for the protection of others would have to be trained and screened in order to do so. This training would significantly minimize the risk of stupid mistakes being made like accidental discharge and stolen weapons. In my opinion, I think this 1/2 method should be practiced with all citizens who wish to carry a gun, and I believe in both cases it would prove to be beneficial. Regardless, my main response to you is that I agree there remains the possibility of negative repercussions, but the positive outcome far outweighs the former. This cannot be said about other mainstream solutions, including metal detectors and even a school resource officer (Parkland, for example). [2]Things in societies change, and at the moment I can easily understand that there would be some that would be uncomfortable carrying as teachers and being in a class with someone who carries; yet as the time goes on and these methods prove to work, students and teachers will become more comfortable. And to be frank, those teachers who argue that they are not police officers or first responders are making selfish statements. In those situations where an active shooter has entered the building, there is a collective responsibility of everyone to protect and help each other by whatever means necessary-- and as teachers, leaders of these students, it should be expected for them to be at an even higher standard. But as I said, I can understand, but I don't agree. [1] https://www.edweek.org...[2] https://www.nytimes.com...