Posted by Phil Lee (216.250.238.73) on November 19, 2000 at 10:51:
In Israel, teachers and parents who serve as school aides go armed at all times on school grounds with semi-automatic weapons. Since this policy was put into effect, attacks in Israeli schools have dropped to zero. The only recent attack on school children was the tragic case of a group who were murdered by an Arab gunman as they visited the "Zone of Peace" on the Jordanian border. The Jordanians specifically requested that the Israeli teachers and chaperones leave their weapons behind ... which they did and children died because of that misguided abdication of responsibility.
Like the "Zone of Peace," American schools are "gun free zones." Therefore, our schools make ideal targets for misguided gunmen, who already violate dozens of laws when they undertake such actions -- demonstrating that no number of victim disarmament laws will ever stop such creatures. (Washington, D.C. should be a peaceful paradise if "gun control" laws work. But instead that city has one of our highest murder rates -- isn't that curious?)
If someone attacks a helpless child while you're nearby, will you have the weapon and the training to stop them? (You'll dial 9-1-1, won't you? Average waiting time in Los Angeles today after dialing 9-1-1 is 20 minutes. In Montgomery County they don't even publish the average response time.) If the attack occurs in a school, will the nearby adults be helpless to save that child's life, due to victim disarmament laws you've supported?