And what if none of the teachers in the area the killer attacked chose not to carry?
H. L. Menken once said that for every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. An nowhere is that more obvious than in cases like this one where both sides are throwing out ideas that will do nothing to prevent shootings like this. So here's an idea; instead of coming up with more useless laws why not tighten up the process we have now? Because what everyone is overlooking is the fact that this shooting should not have happened. The warning signs were there. And unlike past shootings, people did not keep those warning signs to themselves. They contacted the police. The school expressed its concerns. The FBI was notified. But still nothing happened. So forget the new laws. Find where the flaws are in the current process - which should have worked - and fix them. Make sure that the law enforcement authorities don't fall down on the job. Then maybe we'll put a dent in the number of shootings. Forget the worthless, feel-good, well-at-least-we-tried-something crap and fix the system. Fix the system...before people start saying "Why bother reporting it? It won't do any good anyway."
We can’t stop earthquakes, either.
But we can mitigate the damage they cause.
I want that shooter praying I don't find him!
Most ignorant post I’ve read in some time.
You’re right that we need to fix the areas that broke down. But we also have to harden access and have enough armed staff, be that specially trained teachers like they have in Argyle Texas, or paid armed officers, there has to be enough armed people that at least one of them can get to every part of the building in 2 minutes or less. We will not always have the red flags like this time so just fixing where the red flags were missed or ignored will not fix the problem.