Why not suggest the same for America? Surely requiring military training before entering a classroom teaching career would be beneficial to teachers and thus their students as well.
“We’re not going to take raw, pie in the sky college graduates or 60 year old Miss Prussies and force them through similar rigorous training so they can carry responsibly like Israel teachers do.”
Agreed, but requiring all teachers and administrators to pass a one or two weekend long course on shooting skills is doable. So to would be proficiency tests. Matter of fact, require all schools at Middle or Senior High to have rifle/pistol ranges. Not that long ago, they did, you know.
What possible shooter error on the part of a faculty member could be as damaging as the shooters that have shot up schools?
Fortifying schools is too expensive and outrageously anit-American! The American way is to be “at all times armed”.
Good enough for Jefferson, Madison, Washington etc. is good enough for me.
We also do not have the funds for “fortifying” schools. Only government trough feeders, contractors with political connections and statists would be likely to applaud your suggestions. Or so I would guess.
Where's the money to pay for all teachers and administrators to take a one to two week course on shooting???
And this wouldn't be a once and done deal like bulletproofing school windows and doors. Being a proficient shooter requires regular training and practice, so all the school teachers and administrators would need to be required to repeat the training on a regular basis. Yet more and more money needed.
Maybe a few teachers or administrators could be entrusted with the responsibility, but as a requirement for all, it's never going to happen.