Arming Teachers, School Cops Could Cause More Harm Than Good
Arming Teachers, School Cops Could Cause More Harm Than Good, Experts Say
by Matt Sledge
A nation shaken by Friday’s school shooting in Newtown, Conn., is wondering what to do to prevent future tragedies. Some gun rights advocates have suggested returning to a time-worn strategy in lieu of gun control: keeping up with the proliferation of arms outside the schoolhouse doors by arming those inside.
If the principal of Sandy Hook had been armed with an M-4 carbine, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) argued on “Fox News Sunday,” she could have stopped the tragedy crucial minutes before the police. She could have “take(n) his head off before he [could] kill those precious kids.”
It is an argument using the logic of what critics call the “maximum guns” school of thought about preventing
A nation shaken by Friday’s school shooting in Newtown, Conn., is wondering what to do to prevent future tragedies. Some gun rights advocates have suggested returning to a time-worn strategy in lieu of gun control: keeping up with the proliferation of arms outside the schoolhouse doors by arming those inside.
If the principal of Sandy Hook had been armed with an M-4 carbine, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) argued on “Fox News Sunday,” she could have stopped the tragedy crucial minutes before the police. She could have “take(n) his head off before he [could] kill those precious kids.”
It is an argument using the logic of what critics call the “maximum guns” school of thought about preventing