Why is this even a discussion? Why would any sane person oppose it? What exactly is the downside to having armed security in every public school in the country? A public school is a government facility. It is a government facility where we send our kids for 8 hours a day. If virtually every other type of government building has armed security, whey would we leave unsecured precisely the one type of government facility that houses our children?
What’s the counterargument? That security at school may infringe on our liberty somehow? It may if the government were forcing private schools to take this measure. But we’re talking about property that the government already owns, staffed with people it employs. The State has not only the authority to secure the premises but the duty to do so. The State compels you to send your kids to its facility if you can’t afford private school and are unable to homeschool. Attendance is mandatory. Shouldn’t a very basic level of security also be mandatory? Shouldn’t we expect — demand — that the State protect the kids it has forced us to send to them?
What else? Financial cost? I’m all about being stingy, but this is the one area where stinginess is not acceptable. There are plenty of retired vets who would be more than willing and qualified to take this job. We can protect the kids and provide jobs for veterans at the same time. It’s a win/win. Again: where’s the downside?
They have armed guards to protect congressmen on Capitol Hill. They have armed guards to protect the President in the White House. They have armed guards to protect documents at your local Social Security office. They have armed guards to protect old dinosaur bones at the Smithsonian. They have armed guards to protect license plates at the DMV. Why would a reasonable person agree that we must go to these lengths to defend politicians and pieces of paper but balk at defending kids?
From what I understand, the school in Florida had one police officer who, for whatever reason, never made it to the scene. It also had a security guard who gave his life shielding students from bullets. How many more may have been killed without his heroic service? How many fewer would have been killed if he had the ability to fire back? How many fewer would have been killed if Sandy Hook had been properly defended?
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It's Time To Put Armed Security In Every Public School In Americahttps://t.co/vHd5SutayE
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 15, 2018
The problem boils down to snowflake parents and other do-gooders who don’t want armed security guards, police, teachers or administrators. They don’t even want metal detectors or backpack searches because they “violate” the kids’ privacy rights or some such. These people have to be made to understand that this is not the 1950s and 60s when old-timers like me were in school. Back then anyone could come and go as he/she pleased because in those days the concept of someone shooting up a school was inconceivable. Ridding schools of gun-free zone designations, arming guards, teachers and/or administrators and implementing rigorous security procedures may be an inconvenience or offensive, but too bad. The kids’ very lives depend on doing these things.
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