What do you guys think about bringing back the old idea of state militias in a new context? Here's my idea. Train a bunch of volunteers, whoever is willing, in whatever situation that this type of thing may happen. County courthouse workers, students at universities, teachers and principals at high schools, etc. Allow only the best, brightest, etc to carry a state militia permit or license that allows him to take his or her gun more or less anywhere. Have enough of them in these high risk areas, like schools, courthouses, etc and let them pack anywhere as long as they are "on-duty" active duty. Or, if they are a fixture in the building, such as a worker at the courthouse, or a principal at a high school, they don't even need to pack, they could just have a secure lock box somewhere easily accessible.
Train the hell out of them. Let them use force only when the threat of life and limb presents itself. When psycho boy goes off, there should be plenty of trained individuals ready to drop his sorry behind before he does too much damage. And to boot, psycho boy is going to be a lot less likley to pull this BS if he knows that anyone in the next classroom could be lining him up for a shootin when he comes around the next corner.
I'm sure there are a lot of flaws to the idea, but nothing that couldn't be dealt with by having "a well-regulated militia" as it states clearly in the constitution.
Have an insurance policy carried by the state to protect the militia volunteers from lawsuits as long as they are acting within the rights of their duties.
I'm not talking about a police force. No additional police powers above and beyond those of any other normal citizen, except for they get to carry weapons wherever they go to help protect from this sort of thing.
Discuss amongst yourselves. -popcorn
