[bmn]

http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_7027647

:banghead:

Good thing no-one was hurt.

[Lurp]

Thats why we need to ban guns from school! It's for the children! :D

I hope he gets prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law plus more. These are the kind of people who cause us to loose our rights.

[Geno]

Explain how the case at hand would have gone if the teacher had been in possession of a handgun.

I see cases where a firearm could save lives; I see cases where a shoot-out would happen. I see cases where merely the thought of a firearm in the room would have prevented the bad guy from entering, thus saving lives.

Since I didn't see much position in the original post, I am curious of the direction intended.

[ctdonath]

Of course, an armed teacher does not automatically and completely protect those in his/her care. Badness can happen, the question is how to adjust the odds.

Yes, an armed teacher could have led to a shootout.
Yes, this situation apparently ended about as well as conceivable.
Either might not have.
It was all pretty much at the mercy of a whacked-out minor, who with the flick of a wrist and a twitch of a finger could have made things very bad.
I don't like those odds.

[Art Eatman]

Hey, this kid obviously was a bad actor...

Good APS material.

Art