Bennett: Arm school employees

[Tim Nunan]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico- ... 52099.html

Former Education Secretary William Bennett said Sunday that schools should consider arming employees in order to prevent mass shootings.

"I'm not sure so -- and I'm sure I'll get nailed for this -- I wouldn't want one person in a school armed, ready for this kind of thing," Bennett said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

"It has to be someone who is trained, it has to be someone who is responsible," he said. "But my God, if you can prevent this kind of thing."

Bennett said that in the latest school shooting in Newtown, Conn., the principal and school psychologist of Sandy Hook Elementary School tried to defend the children against the attacker — but they were unarmed.

"The principal lunged at this guy. The school psychologist lunged at the guy," Bennett said.

Bennett served as the education secretary under President Ronald Reagan, and drug czar under President George H.W. Bush.

[PapaB]

Bennett doesn't go nearly far enough. You shouldn't arm 1 employee, you should arm as many as possible.
First, change the laws to allow lawful campus carry. Next, ask for volunteers to take training and get some pro gun organizations to subsidize the cost. Allow and encourage gun and ammo manufacturers to provide their products where needed. Finally, anounce that there are armed and trained personel at the school whenever it's open but never say how many, who or where.
These things would be a good start.

[Fred762]

Heck yeah!!! Here is the way to do it and cost little to nothing in taxes: The Israelis, threatened on 3 sides by well-armed, muslim jihadi terrorists, did exactly this ~~35 years ago or so: all school staff are armed and trained to shoot, and armed PARENTS also patrol their schools. Israeli schools are NOT gun-free, (ie helpless victim) zones like Amerikan schools. So....who better to protect the kids than parents and teachers who can shoot and have the TOOLS to protect the kids?...

The implementation would be simple and cost-effective: owning and training with a handgun, and CCW permit would be a requirement for all school staff, and all parents at a school, unless a parent were adjudicated physically or mentally impaired. All able-bodied parents would be required to sign up for patrol duty...IMHO a helluvalot more important than selling cookies IMHO!!!
The patrols would be plain-clothes & roving, and the parents and teachers simply carrying concealed weapons...preferably all of the same caliber..say something common like .38spl or 9mm Luger.... to facilitate ammo sharing IF a shooting situation developed.

IF a parent refused to participate in the patrolling, they would be forced to remove their kid from school and then have to pay to send him/her to a pvt school as an alternative. They could possibly be forced to put this sign in the front yard of their homes: "I am anti-gun and refused to help protect the school childeren"

I'd say US school shootings would end asap..