[Lapwolf]

How do u know the faculty member won't snap (for what ever reason) and start shooting? It is kind of like a wolf in sheep's skin... There is no guarantee he or she wont. We only need 1 to slip through the cracks so to say... And that will already be 1 to many. Then we don't only have a shooter, but also a person who knows the property inside out and who students are familiar with. The shooting in Norway this year where the killer was dressed up as a police officer and the victims therefore approached him thinking he was there to protect them shows that "trusted" or perceived as trusted shooters are even more lethal.

Or what about the possibility of that faculty member being disarmed? I have personally several years of martial arts under my belt (pun intended) and disarming somebody with a firearm is really as easy as 1-2-3. Just because you have a gun doesn't mean you are superior, often quite contrary since it makes you "locked in".

Purposefully spreading guns -with the idea to protect- among the defenseless would IMHO therefore be true insanity. I would not feel safe knowing my children were on a school where faculty carry guns. I can't wait for the headline "teacher executes class; said he had enough".

I guess I prefer my what-ifs to be reasonable as no solution to any problem is guaranteed. I have yet to see any of these shooters come from a life where they have close interaction with educated collegues. In addition, I'm sure those close to them in the work environment, especially a school, would notice mentally disturbed behavior.

As for your disarming concern, I think the problem is crazy people bringing there own guns, not going to the target and using the available weapons.

While you say you wouldn't feel safe with your child in this scenario, how many parents in Newtown would agree with you today?