[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Yup..the solution to shootings in schools is definitely to put more guns into schools.

However, I did see this yesterday, but then on the news apparently he was denying saying this and saying teachers just needed training but no guns, AND THEN later on he was apparently saying that the gun laws need to be tightened. Like, his opinion did a Uturn over the space of a few hours.

Even if arming teachers was a good solution (its not)..are they going to pay these teachers more given they are now teachers + police..expected to chase down gunmen or stand up in the middle of it all to try and shoot a student? Will they be safe from being sued, if they shoot someone else by mistake? And so on. Its just nuts.

But America will never give up its guns..no matter what happens so all discussion is futile

Exactly, LT keeps raising the point that alot of these teachers may already own guns and they might but for all the reasons you've just stated that doesn't mean they want to be a designated Police Officer/Sniper should a student decide to go rogue. Look at the scrutney a Police Officer faces when someone is shot, why would a teacher want to put themselves in that kind of a situation when it isn't even their job