Did they used to have a high gun ownership rate? What did they do to reduce it?
Switzerland seems to be fine.
Australia?
Teachers have already sacrificed their lives to protect children. There are many incidents of teachers sacrificing their lives by placing their bodies between the shooter and their students. I would never EXPECT a teacher to become armed, but I wouldn't deny them the opportunity. The ability to fire back at an attacker might significantly change the situation both tactically AND from a deterrence perspective.
We should pay them extra if they CHOOSE to become armed/trained. Absolutely. Pay them more than LEOs.
Anyhow, this is all "band-aid" fixes and doesn't solve the violence problem in America. We can do this, and it may help, but this isn't the solution.
Australia only reduced the number of guns owned by 30% or so. And in the decades since their attempt, there are now more guns owned in Australia than before their "ban".
Once we hit 200 guns per 100 capita (all the capitas, you have to look at all the capitas) then we'll be safer.^ per 100 capita.
I think if gun owners were required to carry all of their guns with them at all times, it would cut down on the gun fetish thing. Guns are a lot heavier in real life than in video games.Once we hit 200 guns per 100 capita (all the capitas, you have to look at all the capitas) then we'll be safer.
Nah, they would just get bigger rascals with enough built in places to attach them all.I think if gun owners were required to carry all of their guns with them at all times, it would cut down on the gun fetish thing. Guns are a lot heavier in real life than in video games.
Wieambilla would like a word. Yes, very rare case, but it happened.Australia?
Compared to the rate in the US? It would be a VAST improvement. The point that maybe you missed is that mass shootings have become extremely rare there after they took action but in the US our lack of action has translated into world leading rates of mass casualty events outside of war zones.Wieambilla would like a word. Yes, very rare case, but it happened.
Agreed. I don't even want school resource officers at schools. When you hire a cop or 2 to work at a school, they just end up policing the children instead of protecting them.
I do think that teachers should be allowed to become trained and carry (if they wish). Is this the best solution? NO!!! Is it a bandaid at best? Yes! We need to address the underlying issues with gun violence, but unless or until those are addressed, I can't help but think I'd want to be armed if I were a teacher and I encountered a school shooter. There is also a deterrent value to the thought that some teachers might be armed. There is a reason that none of these mass shootings happen at police stations.
Remember when you were in school, you had that one (or two or three) teacher with the snaggletooth, or weird limp, or talked funny, that every kid ruthlessly made fun of and never respected, and it clearly made the teacher upset? Allowing them to bring guns to school sounds like a great idea...
The underlying issue with gun violence is that there are too many guns owned by too many people who have no business owning them. The cat's out of the bag; society has ruined gun ownership for the responsible gun owners. More gun owners is only going to make the problem worse.
How’s their gun deaths trending
We could work on fixing society to be better, so people don't want to kill others, AND remove the best tool for the job from easy reach.The underlying issue with gun violence is that there are people who want to use them to kill people. Removing guns removes a method of killing. It doesn't remove the murder from a man's heart.