If the chances are so low, why is a gunless teacher considered defenceless? Why carry a gun unless you think there is a distinct chance that it will be need to be used? Probably because of the real possibility that there are students walking around with guns?

I went to a school with a bunch of psycho kids who carried knives. No one ever got stabbed, but it creates an emotionally unsafe environment the isn’t conducive of learning, or just being a kid. A feeling of violence and aggression permeates and grants the worst students an unreasonable level of power over everyone else. Do you think in this instance giving the teachers knives would actually make anyone feel at ease?

> If the chances are so low, why is a gunless teacher considered defenceless?

b-because your are taking away their gun... huh? Again: every time you go grocery shopping a substantial number of people around you are armed. You wouldn't know it.

> Why carry a gun unless you think there is a distinct chance that it will be need to be used?

You don't carry? You just carry. Do you carry pepper spray?

> Do you think in this instance giving the teachers knives would actually make anyone feel at ease?

I'd rather they have guns ???

Now that we have that solved we can talk about actual issues.

Schools have fire alarms, fire extinguishers, and regularly practice drills to evacuate in the case of a fire. It doesn't mean we have an crisis of schools catching on fire all the time. It's not unreasonable that one or two adults who are reasonably trained might have a firearm on campus. Firearms already exist in the world. Wishing them away won't make them disappear. Not to mention, shootings are only a fraction of the reasons you might need a firearm.

What if a kid is getting mauled by a dog, or a violent person wanders into the building and starts hurting people? Are you going to wait minutes for the police to show up when seconds count? It seems like all the pragmatic people have left the room whenever any kind of discussion about firearms comes up.