I'm a veteran teacher in an inner city school. We used to be a lot more violent than we are now. A couple of years ago, based on a student population of about 1800 we had over seven THOUSAND outdoor suspensions in a single school year and it was probably the same 100 kids. Besides a couple of the sergeants over in JROTC...I'm the only person in this school qualified enough to be armed. The kids know it too. So if an announcement were made that certain unnamed staff members were armed in case of emergency that would be a no brainer for this student body.
Most teachers are liberal democrats. Even the Republican's tend to be moderates or only fiscal types. Most are antigun as well. It's not a good situation and this is true across the nation. Texas, too. lol
The only answer is to recruit future teachers from the ranks of combat experienced returning veterans. Recruiting teachers from the folks who are combat experienced SEALs, Rangers, or Marines is an ideal scenario. They know what to do. They know how to do the job and they've done it before and likely in an urbanized environment. They understand picking a specific target and they know fire discipline. They won't dawldle around outside a school waiting to see what the entire situation seems to be (Columbine). They will move to contact and ummmm solve the problem.
"Most teachers are liberal democrats. Even the Republican's tend to be moderates or only fiscal types. Most are antigun as well. It's not a good situation and this is true across the nation. Texas, too."
Blanket statements as such should always have some kind of verification attached to them. Otherwise it's just a blanket statement that makes no sense. You can speak for your situation but not for others.
Good point.