It's also a sign of respect, and respect is essential for any relationship, familial and otherwise.

That's just how her Majesty does. Keep calm, carry on, and look damn good all the while.

I don't mind

Because it's funny

*grins and vigorously nods*

I'd be on board with that if it weren't for the fact that such tools would cause more suffering than a hunting rifle or modern bow.

How do we officially propose that?

Maybe have reservists or veteran volunteers? That'd be an even better deterrent.

Or maybe he just wasn't ready?

I never said they wouldn't be trained. Just that it should be an option. And while keeping it in a safe will slow down teachers, I don't want them to seek out the shooter, I just don't like that the only current option to lock the door and pray.

Teachers could afford to keep the thing in a safe or behind any other kind of lock.
I don't expect teachers to be on SWAT or military levels, I just want deterrence and an alternative to having kids wait like so many targets.

Only my point about collateral was opinion, it's a well-known fact that shooters and terrorists like soft targets.

I would too. Nothing is more frustrating in school than a jerk that detracts from everyone else's education

What about the value of deterrence? Shooters like soft targets, and when push comes to shove I will happily take the possibility of collateral damage over an otherwise certain massacre.

I'm imagining an active shooters face when a teacher blows him away

It should certainly be an option

@wolfsbane
My only fear is that they'll be wiped out before I can get there.

The man talking is asking if the others would tell anyone if they were molested during a camping trip.
They say they'd keep it a secret, so the first man invites them to go camping.
The joke is that two of men basically agreed to be molested by the other man.