Ten years ago today...

...two worthless gits entered Columbine High School with explosives and guns. We all know how it ended: 12 students and a teacher dead. Twenty–three wounded. The police sat outside waiting for SWAT to prep and enter the school while people died.

As a result police departments in most states have active shooter protocols where police officers enter the building immediately and engage the shooter. That is a positive outcome. There is one thing left to do. It still takes time for police to arrive. In that interval the victims have no protection. Students and teachers are prohibited carrying a firearm for protection. I’m not going to argue for high school students being allowed to carry. College students are another matter. Teachers and adults in the school shouldn’t even be an issue. Laws and policies need to be changed to allow teachers and adults to carry in schools. Opponents argue that it will make matters worse. I don’t see how. Harris and Kiebold killed 12. Cho killed 32. Would more have died if a teacher with a handgun had been able to end the carnage before the police arrived? Everyone that carries understands that if they chose to engage a shooter the police, when they arrive, may not take the time to identify who is and who isn't the good guy. It’s a choice we make...for the children. Crossing your fingers ain’t enough..