How to Stop School Shootings

By Jenn Jacques

This week, there has been a lot of talk about gun control, armed security at schools, the ability for teachers and students to carry concealed weapons in order to protect America’s students, and plenty of passionate arguments from both sides. We’re certainly no strangers to the debate. Just a week before the shooting at UCC, I published an article highlighting one Utah teacher’s motivation to carry after Sandy Hook and her determination to do whatever it takes to keep herself and her students safe.

It’s a sensitive subject, to say the least, but it’s one we must tackle head on if we expect to transform the landscape of self defense. That involves looking at the hard facts of the problem we’re trying to fix.

Given the choice of committing a heinous crime on defenseless victims or armed individuals not willing to become victims, which do you think criminals would choose?

60% of convicted felons admitted they avoided committing crimes when they knew their potential victim was armed. 40% of convicted felons admitted they avoided committing crimes when they thought the victim might be armed. So criminals are not only undeterred by gun-free zones, they actively seek them out and knowingly capitalize …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms