Quote Originally Posted by DHC View Post
The anti-gun crowd would take your position as promoting the notion that 6-year-olds should be armed, and I am sure that is not your intent. So then the question becomes - at schools, how, exactly, do people (children) defend themselves?

I wholeheartedly agree with your basic premise that the issue is these gun-free zones that are used by crazies purely because they know they will not meet armed resistance. So how to address that in the case of an elementary school?
You answered your question in your own post before you addressed my post. I expect the people who care about safety and security to be the ones to provide safety and security. What is the ratio of active neighborhood watch participants to neighbors living in the neighborhood? What is the ratio of school staff (teachers, administrators, janitors, cooks, nurses, coaches), and anyone else who might be on the grounds at the time (parents, speakers, delivery people, maintenance personnel) to total occupancy of the school? It doesn't matter. As long as there is an opportunity to fill the role, the role will be filled.

It makes no sense to require everyone to participate, not everyone will be willing, or even capable. I don't want a school full of combat trained individuals. I want diversity in the staff. You don't learn anything from people who are all the same. Again, right now, there is zero change that anyone can defend themselves effectively at a school. The answer is to allow that opportunity to exist, nothing more, nothing less.