Thirdly, as a teacher, I would not have the moral capability to shoot a child, even if they are armed; teachers become teachers to protect and develop children’s minds and should not be willing to shoot a child even if their lives and their students lives are in trouble.

Fourth, the idea of having “a good guy with a gun” to dissuade “a bad guy with a gun” has proven to be a farcical and bad-faith counter to say we should arm teachers when examples in the past, security officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas ran away when confronted with a school shooter, show the good guys don’t always act in a protective manner. Or the Supreme Court case “Town of Castle Rock v Gonzales” which blatantly said police do not need to put their lives at risk to save civilians lives so they can ignore school shooters if they feel as though their lives are at risk. Also there is empirical evidence to show having armed guards or police in schools has a negative affect on students, especially students of color, being unfairly treated and feeling afraid of the “protectors” because of potential abuse they can commit.

The way to stop this problem is through passing and enforcing RED FLAG LAWS, increasing counseling for students (which means increasing public school budgets), and limiting the types of firearms sold to civilians to handguns and semiautomatic rifles for hunting.