The Police Presence Should be Equal to the Threat

  I was excited to hear the officer might have cut a shooting short, as Deputy Blaine Gaskill responded to the sound of gunfire today at a Maryland high school today, and fired at the young gunman.
  It is neat if lives were spared. Oh, perhaps the gunman was only after the girl -- no more. But, if he might have killed others, and the shooting was cut short, then that is neat.
  From my perspective, this is how we should be responding to school shootings, and mass killings: Placing officers where the shootings could happen. Instead of calling on everyone to pack a gun, up your number of officers so it equals the threat. Don't leave all your officers at the police station five minutes away. If you need an officer at every school, hire one at every school. If you don't feel one officer is enough, hire more. But, make the police presence equal to the threat, and let the teachers and students leave their weapons at home.