Gun enthusiasts and the rush to buy guns after a mass shooting: Please don't shift the blame.

[HockeyMom]

153. I was in 2 real lock downs in Florida Elementary schools

with gunmen on campus. One was right before Sandy Hook. We took 18 preschoolers and hid in bathroom, as happened at Sandy Hook.

This discussion went around the school after Sandy Hook, and especially hit home with our Pre-K class; one Teacher, and 2 Paras who were from Flint, Chicago, and NYC. The majority of school staff said they did not want to be armed, including those of us in that Pre-K classroom. All of us had experienced firsthand gun violence in our past. Do YOU want to be the one with a gun in this classroom? NO. School staff did not want the added responsibility of being Annie Oakley or Wyatt Earp in addition to academic responsibilities. "If I wanted to shoot down bad guys, I would have become a LEO" was the general sentiment. Florida tried to pass a law ending Gun Free Zones after Sandy Hook, but both School Administrators and PARENTS said No to that.

So let me get this straight, if Teacher A has a gun in their classroom that is going to protect Teacher B who doesn't want a gun in their classroom? Do you expect these gun toting teachers to run down the hallways, leaving their own classrooms vulnerable, to protect the rest of the student body? Not going to work unless there is a gun in EVERY CLASSROOM with every Teacher. Does the 2nd Amendment MANDATE every citizen own a gun?

It is very similar to college campuses. You ASSUME that every college student will want to own and carry a gun on campus. So if there is a shooting, these gun toting students are supposed to play Cop and run around campus trying to shoot an active shooter? Never mind that they would put their own lives in danger lacking SWAT training, how many innocent students would be shot dead in their own crossfire?

Perhaps, one on one with an shooter in a home, but highly unlikely in any public situation.