I'm always wary when people survey law enforcement officers on the topic of the nation's civil rights: ultimately, they're citizens like all the rest of us, not authorities at all, and historically, a great many have gone to great lengths to infringe both our Second Amendment and all the rest of our rights; all the same, it's heartening to see more and more LEOs are catching on to the idea of civil rights.
Exactly how dangerous are the schools in Missouri? We’ve got some 30 school buildings in my county alone and I can’t find that any of them have ever had a single shooting.
Hardly worth paying someone to protect the schools. Personally I’d rather go back to letting school personnel carry if they wish.
Specially designated armed personnel will help but not so much as it might seem unless those SPPs are dressed the same as the other adults in the school and do not stand out as armed guards. One armed guard who looks like an armed guard simply becomes the first target for a madman. If Concealed Carry is implemented and all teachers required to attend a Gun Safety Course and that, say, half the staff in a school must have CC permits then it need not be required for any teachers to be carrying at any given time. The prospective killer does not know who is armed and who is not nor how many. It is not worth it to him if his grand finale might just turn into a relative fizzle. One or two killings just won’t do it. That’s why he chooses a school in the first place.