Arming teachers with guns as a defense tactic during school shootings is NOT an effective solution. Arming teachers with guns can be defined as the opposite of a solution.

Arming teachers with guns would continue to feed the thought that school shootings are being accepted as a new "norm" and our only solution for survival is to fight like the enemy, gun to gun. This is not our only solution. This is not a norm that students want to accept. More problems than solutions will arise by assigning guns to teachers. One can not fight fire with fire - a greater explosion will arise.

These are just a couple, out of a billion and one, scenarios that will lead to that explosion.

1. A shooter cannot be easily identified by the police/law enforcement.

2. A "He said she said" situation will arise on who shot the initial bullet. What's the problem? Every shooting will now have more variables to evaluate and more deaths to count.

3. Physical fights among students are already dangerous, now an angry student can reach for his/her teacher's gun and win the fight.

4. Angry students WILL find a way to get a hold of their teacher’s guns if they really wanted to.

5. Aim. If teachers are under pressure, they may not be emotionally capable of accurately handling a gun.

Most teachers are passionate about teaching, they are not passionate shooters, hunters, or gunman. They do not want to go through gun handling courses just to go to work every day. By implementing gun handling courses, fewer people will work towards becoming teachers affecting the education in the United States.

6. “If my teacher can have a gun, I want to have a gun” mindset among students will eventually develop.

7. If that mindset develops, a new trend will arise and competition over which student has the "cooler gun" will develop as well.

In school, it’s all about who has what, who has the cooler version, etc. The more students begin to flash their guns, brag about them and play with them, accidental shootings will defiantly begin to occur.

8. The number of accidental shootings by both teachers and students will rise.

9. Guns equal easy, quick solutions for unfavorable situations.

If demands aren’t met, threats will be raised to higher and more dangerous levels.

10. Guns make people nervous.

We are human. Our minds don't make the greatest judgment decisions when under pressure or stress. With guns in teachers possession, teachers who already do not get paid enough will be taking on the jobs of law enforcement, politicians, and police. Not only will they feel the pressure to educate us, they will feel the constant pressure of protecting our lives, defending us and being aware of where their gun is at all times.