More Police in Schools - The Best Solution? © 2018 Phillip Evans

Huff-Po and I actually have some agreement on something with regard to at least what not to do to solve mass school shootings.

While I believe it is true that flooding all schools with armed law-enforcement officers would deter mass shootings and mitigate the damage when they do occur, there is a downside.

Photo by Airman 1st Class Kirby Turbak 

Even though most law-enforcement officers are wonderful people, the downside is still the potential for far too many students to have their rights abused. and to have them placed in the criminal justice system over minor incidents or infractions. Not to mention brain-washing young minds that they should rely only on those with uniforms and badges to protect them.

Too much of the sheep mindset already pervades society. 

Gone in our nation is much of the self-reliance of a stronger by-gone generation. We don't need to completely eradicate it with further indoctrination from statists and their government solutions.

Some might believe the downside to be a fair trade for safety. 

Yes, it certainly looks like it on the surface. Lives would be saved. But keep in mind that mass school shootings are actually quite rare, contrary to the lies of Everytown. The negatives however, would be far and wide, and adversely affect an awful lot of people. 

And I'm not sure that most tax-payers would appreciate their property taxes doubling or tripling to cover the additional cost. Yes, I know, when it comes to saving innocent lives, money should be no object. But funding would be one of the elephants in the room that would not be such a cozy visitor.

The fact that many are talking about "policing up" our schools actually speaks toward the correct solution. It takes good guys with guns to stop bad guys with guns. It really is that simple.

But do those good guys have to be law-enforcement officers? Far more "regular" people without badges than with, carry guns, and use them every single day to keep themselves and their families safe. Look up John Lott's research to see how often "civilians" (police are also civilians if they are not in the military) use guns on a daily basis to do just that.

Not to leave them unmentioned, our valiant retired military personnel would like to volunteer for free to keep our schools safe. That is actually a great idea. 

The issue is whether there are there enough such volunteers to cover all our schools. My guess is probably correct that there would be large gaps in coverage. But I'm all for it anyway. Let's do it, starting now! But let's plug the gaps, too. 

Here's the Best Solution: 

Let all good citizens and parents who've gone through the trouble to be vetted and obtain a weapons carry license have the liberty to carry their pistol in their child's school at any time they have business to be there. Let's do the same for all school staff and teachers.

Liberty goes hand-in-hand with self-preservation. When the government believes only its agents are the only ones "professional enough" to bear arms, that's the point at which the government steps far across the line to infringe on our rights as free Americans.

Our children need their adults to step up and protect them. But they can't do that when the government is treating those adults like children and forbidding them their right to do that.

And why are people asking President Trump to do something? The Federal government ALREADY allows citizens with a weapons license to carry in schools. It's at the state and local level where the prohibition is. And besides, he's not going to send in Federal police or the military to guard a state's schools. 

So you'll have to contact your state law-makers to demand that liberty be given a chance to protect your children from evildoers.