Note the comment re banks.
Why are we not afraid when we walk into a bank with armed guards (rent-a-cops) but would be afraid to see the same in our schools? Our money is worthy of protection, but not our children?
Yes. Armed guards at schools are a good idea. But not those old retired kindly gentlemen. Real guards. Our children are worth more than money.
I can carry in my bank. Not all banks are gun free.
How did it get to the point where the very presence of a gun or a pocketknife on school property is roughly equated with horrible child abuse? Why must we teach children that to defend oneself is wrong and barbaric? How have public schools ended up with metal detectors, sensitivity training and zero tolerance?
I guarantee you that this will all change if the US ever suffers a Beslan. Pity that we can't go ahead and change it before the fact.
Actually, there's a guy I know who's a bank guard, and he carries a handgun while on duty. He shouldn't be allowed to play with sharp objects in the first place, let alone a gun.
At a bank I used to use, I was talking with the branch manager shortly after MO passed the CCW law, and noticed the sign in the window stating that no weapons were allowed in the bank, even if you had a license. I remarked to the manager how much safer I felt, just knowing that no bank robber would ever dare bring any sort of weapon into the bank, because of that sign. For some reason, he didn't seem amused.
Mark