“Hate to bring it up, but what’s to stop a gunman walking into almost any school in America?”
Great question. What stops this is patriots electing a constitional sheriff in their county, who believes in the 2nd amendment.
A constitutional sheriff can:
1) Establish ground rules on which other law enforcement may enter the county and under what circumstances.
2) Buy surplus military equipment.
3) Keep out, through roadblocks and armed squads, federal thugs and cops trying to enter the county through a declared “emergency.”
3) Train a 2,000 man volunteer deputy auxiliary battalion for “emergencies.” (This is how you protect schools and do other jobs the crominal fascists in DC refuse to do, such as arresting illegals who are, by definition, criminals.)
I have a constutional sheriff in my county. He works really well. FReepers need to elect one in their counties. It makes life very secure and peaceful.
The federal courts have ruled that sheriffs are sovereign, and are not subject to commands, edicts and dictates from the criminal fascist syndicate occupying Washington.
Interesting political ideas, but pretty much irrelevant to preventing a Beslan or Mumbai style attack.
A van (or several) pulls into a school parking lot and half a dozen to several dozen heavily armed terrorists enter the building.
Having hundreds or thousands of armed citizens a few minutes away does little good. By the time they arrive the terrorists have the children under control. Hundreds of hostages.
The only thing that CAN stop these guys is an equivalent or greater force in the right place at the right time. Which isn’t at all likely unless you have relevant intelligence, in which case of course they’d normally be stopped before they get anywhere near the school.
Armed teachers is the only possibility I can think of, but of course most schools in America are “gun-free” zones and most teachers are anti-gun. Certainly their unions are. And such an assault wouldn’t be stopped by a few handguns, in any event.