Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human View Post
So cops shouldn't have weapons either? After all, one of them could (and has, on occasion) turned into a bad guy with a gun.
LH, that was also one of the points the NRA vice-president made in his talk. But police officers generally aren't in elementary schools for 6 to 8 hours a day and 5 days a week. The NRA vice-president talked about Secret Service agents, the military and gave the example of a police officer responding to your 911 call.

I understand his point, but I'm not sure that's the answer. For example. The school nearest to me is a single story building. It takes up almost the whole block. Classrooms and offices on the long sides, one short side is the gymnasium and the other short side is the multi-purpose room, which is where the kids have lunch, some assemblies, PTO and school board meetings, band and choir concerts and other school programs. There are entrances on all four sides of the building and the multi-purpose room has two entrances of its own. Would they put an officer at every entrance? They lock them all from the outside after school starts, and you have to ring the bell at the one nearest to the school offices if you need to get in during the day. What if the officer was at the front door and someone bashed their way in through a side door? Or through a window -- ??? Bullet proof glass? Alarms and cameras at all the entrances? What if two bad guys with guns and there is only one officer? Where does it end?