A good 1911 would be much more appropriate, and that’s not up for debate heh.
I would prefer to carry my Springfield Xd .40 cal.
As cool as automatic weapons are, I prefer to use carefully placed shots. When at the range I shoot for the tightest groupings possible.
I see other folks popping off rounds as fast as they can with various semi auto weapons, but I was not trained to shoot that way, so I don’t.
But yeah, the answer is more guns. The answer is most certainly not less or no guns.
People who caryy though need to be trained on how to most effectively use their weapon.
I also see no reason why people should not be allowed to carry visible, large fixed blade combat knives.
A good M1911 .45ACP is all that is needed. Anything else for close defense is overkill.
Why not just build a kevlar lined safe room in each classroom? Or have several in position around the school, one way bulletproof glass and no way to gain access if its locked from within.
I can think of a way to build portable units of ballistic material that literally just snap together, ideally it would be something capable of taking multiple heavy hits from at least 30cal. When a shooters alarm is triggered in a school students go to the nearest ballistic shelter.