The Asheville, NC paper just had a story today (Sunday) where several Sheriffs and others in Law enforcement were quoted as saying that "assault" weapons bans and high cap magazine bans would have little to no effect. For the Asheville Citizen Times this is a well written article and no doubt will leave many gun hating libs here with their lacy knickers in a wad. The gist of the article is we must do something about mental illness and it will not be simple, not easy and certainly not cheap.
When I first heard calls for armed security at schools I thought it would be too expensive and not necessarily effective, but I am changing my mind. First, nearly all high schools and many middle schools have a resource officer. Thus we are not talking about ALL SCHOOLS, only the ones not now protected. Second if the officers can be given specialized training in anti terrorism the schools can be hardened to make a terrorist attack much more difficult. BTW, I use the term terrorism, because it is the same if a mentally ill man commits the act or a Muslim fundamentalist. The second is not something I am willing to ignore.
