There are never any mass shootings at gun shows where there are thousands of weapons and those 'gun nuts' are running around. This keeps occurring in unarmed schools. When an insane individual chooses a target he seems to think rationally about where he is least likely to be the recipient of a well aimed shot.
When I was young we often carried guns in school and around the school. No shooting ever occurred there. The first line of defense is not the reaction of the police, they are always second at best. Being unarmed means the first line of defense is to stand in front of your students to take the bullets instead of stopping the intruder with your weapon.
I don't understand why the socialists think this is a good idea and the only better idea would be to disarm every law abiding citizen. This often leads to the worst mass murders when the state has no one left to fear it turns on its own citizens and the numbers of dead soar from dozens to millions.

Our local school have armed teachers. But I have trouble getting past teachers, well, being teachers.
They usually are anti gun, so would they be effective? Also, that is not the solution to the problem, some of which began at the hands of schools, that is a band aid. Until schools address how they handle kids, call for medication, and what indoctrination they push, it will not be solved.

Obviously the feds have little concern for actually protecting the innocent in schools, since they use it as an excuse to bitch about guns every time.
Kudos to Alabama if they get this done.
I'd guess the rest of the southern states will quickly do the same if Alabama does it.

Recently finished a weekend of CCW training. It was very enlightening. Unless I can be assured that nobody else in the world has any guns I think I'm going in the right direction. The training was interesting, with a great instructor, and it did open my eyes to facets of this that I might not have thought about. I do think teachers should have the option to be trained for and carry handguns.

Best question or comment on this issue; " I've noticed we put armed guards in banks to protect our money. Is there any reason our children are not as precious as money? Why don't we have armed guards (retired police, retired military) in our schools?

I can agree arming trained personnel in schools might help for now, however it's only a stop gap measure. It does nothing to solve the problem of why more people go berserk today than went berserk in the past. How much are we willing to spend on putting arms in our schools perhaps only to limit or reduce the number of casualties? How do we convince half the population that more gun laws and magazine laws may only limit the number of casualties during a given incident, not eliminate the casualties or incidents?

Giving inexperienced teachers a day or so of concealed carry training doesn't come close to providing them the skills necessary to respond effectively to a shooter scenario. I'd rather see veteran military and retired law enforcement volunteers acting as security. If the teacher is lucky, he or she will face an equally inexperienced would be shooter who wants to stay alive, and just the show of a gun will be enough to stop the event. If, however, the shooter is mentally unstable or suicidal, the teacher is not prepared for a gunfight.

finally...a common sense response to school shootings....

It should happen already. Also better security and access control to the environment.

Finally, Dino... I have passed that test myself during some other multi-day weapons training. My favorite was having to transition from shotgun to handgun with a MALF and clear that with one hand, while holding the shotgun with the other hand, under time constraint, and back on target.

if it is passed they should be required to wear the guns on an exposed holster.
ALL male and female should be put through extensive training especially in quick draw.
if they can't do it then they should be replace with teachers who can!

It will work