mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
I agree it is hard. You can find lots of stories where people sacrifice put themselves in harms way.. If we don't try to find people willing to do it then what? We just let shooters kill our children?
No, but you won't get everybody to do it and most police officers won't do it. They will wait for back-up, SWAT and what not. What you demand of them, are in fact special forces training.
So let me explain. What you require of these officers is specialist training:
-They have to operate in pairs and trust each other.
-They have to train to the point of muscle memory in how to move and shoot. Shoot because you don't want them to hit anything but the shooter.
-There have to be at least 4 officers per school, because one might get sick, they have to train in pairs and keep the training active. They have to cover more than a work week, if the school have activities beyond a workweek.
-You need to harden the windows and doors and have cameras everywhere and an extra person watch these cameras and be in radio contract with the pair.
-Because you require them in effect to give their lives if need be to save other lives, in effect they have to have a higher pay than regular officers and even better pension.
So yes, if you make a law that meets these requirements it would help. If you do less, it will be a feel good law.