James:
I’m writing regarding A Parent’s Guide to Surviving School Rampage Shootings, by Greg Ellifritz [1]. One important item I think that was missed was allowing any/all adults who choose to do so to be armed. In the October, 1997 school shooting in Pearl, Mississippi an assistant principal ran to his car, got a gun, and stopped the episode.
Gun free zones give the criminal huge numbers of potential hostages and victims. The presence of armed folks makes it a bit more difficult for the bad guys to prevail. – W.B.