Good analysis.
I would add more age restrictions. I did not even know about the difference between buying a handgun and a rifle. Its silly, but if you make the exemptions for taking gun safety class and passing (a real class, not a questionnaire) and for military personnel. this is not a hill we should die on.
Now, about teachers carrying. of course the solution is to let teachers carry if they have a license but the license then becomes the problem. I live in Ca, no way they will give those licenses. The other thing about teachers is that all teachers do not have the fortitude to actually step into the hall way when a shooter is firing at them. I would add that simple CC license is not enough, conflict class and target practice are mandatory too.
“[Not] all teachers do not have the fortitude to actually step into the hall way when a shooter is firing at them.”
Of course not.
But some do.
And the attacker doesn’t know which.
So the scenario changes from “fish in a barrel” to “attacker may not survive past first shot”. That’s a proven (not 100%, but very high) deterrent.
Yes, subsidize training, equipment, etc for any teacher wanting it.
The advantage of TEACHERS being armed (even just a few) is they’re among the targets.
Guards, as we just saw, may not want to jump in.
I’m concerned about the teacher having the ability to get OUT - by stopping the threat directly.
The imperative is having SOMEONE in the school be armed, having a basic reason to fight back, and ability to.
If CA refuses, then it’s their choice to stand aside watching resident school kids die, while other states arm their teachers and protect their kids.
That’s why we have _states’_rights_. And RKBA.
“I would add more age restrictions.”
I’d like to see some rationale for age restrictions. Why 18? Well there seems to be a consensus that that’s the age of majority, when one can enter contracts, get married without permission, vote, etc.
So then why 21 for liquor, tobacco, handguns and now maybe rifles? Why not 20 or 22? Why not 25 since you have to be that age to get into Congress? Why not 26 since they decided you could stay on your parents health insurance plan till that age? Why not 17 since you’re in the militia at that age?
I want to see the thinking behind all the age restrictions.