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Is that really the expectation here though? Do you not see it more as a deterrent than an actual force protection or front-line response to a shooting? I'd suspect the schools would still have a shelter-in-place policy and only allow the armed response from a teacher in a classroom that is actively being attacked. That would make much more sense to me instead of leaving them unarmed and vulnerable while hiding in their classroom.
I'd hope they'd supplement this with improved physical security to discourage/prevent entry from someone meaning to harm others.
Ths improved physical security should be the priority. And I dont even know that I'd agree that an armed teacher is actually a deterrent. It kind of seems to me that suicide by Cop is within the parameters of what school shooters accept will happen. They have attacked schools where armed security on the premises and I doubt they meticulously calculated where that security would be. I don't fully buy the "soft targets" argument with mass shooters. It seems they intend to get killed, and just do as much damage as possible on the way out.
Now, we can argue that them not knowing which teacher is armed, but that they can be adds another thing they have to factor in, but that just means their inevitable death might come a little faster. And I cant advocate for a gunfight in a classroom. I understand the idea, but gunfights are messy in reality, especially in an enclosed space.