One topic has been ripping through America, resurfacing every couple months after another tragic event — Shootings. The type of shooting that I fear most take place where I am required to attend 5 days a week, 10 months of the year — school. The idea of teachers being allowed to have guns rattles me more. How do teachers being armed prevent school shootings? In fact, looking at recent news stories teachers having guns becomes an apparently bad idea. Take the gun trained teacher in California, who according to NPR is a reserve police officer who accidentally fired a firearm during a lesson relating to public safety. With one story, there must be more. Since when are teachers also armed guards? School resource officers exist for a reason, to
