Steele,

Hardly practical and it doesn't answer the question, because the question is what can be done immediately to give the teachers and the students a chance?

Key word: Immediately.

Dear Is Mise,

Try this. Immediately post all actively non-essential Stateside military personnel to all schools across the country to protect them until troops serving overseas can be brought back to help fill those positions.

If you truly cared for these kids instead of your guns wouldn't you want an overwhelming military response? America has gone to war over fewer deaths of its citizens.

Steele,

So you finally have an immediate solution, good for you, and an immediate solution that involves the use of guns; nice turnaround.

You might find this link interesting, seeing as we are now of like mind.

"Arming teachers may be a "terrible" or even a "ridiculous" idea to critics, but some teachers across the country already bring guns to school.

In the wake of the Florida school shooting, the debate over whether teachers should carry guns in class has intensified. President Donald Trump is proposing bonuses for educators who undergo gun training. State lawmakers are beginning to consider legislation while school officials are pushing for an increase in classroom resources but not guns.
State laws related to guns in schools vary by state and although many only apply to college campuses, some states give teachers with concealed carry permits the ability to have guns on the grounds of K-12 schools, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence."

http://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/24/us/armed-teachers-states-trnd/index.html

Cut the old boy some slack, Steele... he's just worried about his Todger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwKThyMmi7I

Dear Is Mise,

So you want these weapons in the hands of untrained or lightly trained individuals rather than those highly trained in their use in stressful situations?

Why the fetish for arming civilians rather than having the military take these roles?

Because you are one of the older, white, conservative males who fantasise about using a weapon to protect others, especially family, from imagined threat. This usually has a racial tinge to it which certainly fits your perspective.

"Why Are White Men Stockpiling Guns?"

"Research suggests it's largely because they're anxious about their ability to protect their families, insecure about their place in the job market and beset by racial fears"

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-are-white-men-stockpiling-guns/

Steele,

"Why the fetish for arming civilians rather than having the military take these roles"

But I agreed with you and was glad that you had finally seen the light and that you now though that people with guns were the solution to the immediate problem.

Are you doing another turn around?