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The only effective defense against an evil person with a gun at a school is a good person with a gun. The nation of Israel hasn’t had a mass shooting at a school in 40 years. All their schools have trained and armed teachers present at all times. America needs to give up its unworkable politically correct policies against armed personnel at schools. The only way to stop school shootings is to train and arm selected teachers and make them special deputies. One political party will totally oppose this because they want to use school shootings to further their gun control agenda.