[RascalPuff]

The issue of gun control is a long historied and complex consideration.

There's gridlock at several junctures of argument.

Ideally, there would be no more guns in the world - but criminal elements would (and do) inevitably manufacture, blackmarket - and use and abuse - more...

The disarmament of law abiding citizens would leave them vulnerable to criminal elements, which, by definition, would continue to possess and abuse firearms.

A situation comparable to the prohibition against alcohol would likely ensue - driving the domestic sector to criminalized behavior, in this case, in order to defend themselves.

An economic factor is that the weapons industry is second only to petroleum as the most powerful and prolific establishment in the world. This fact automatically includes high caliber politics, of course.

Moreover, the National Rifle association is among the most powerful lobbies in congress.

A world without firearms is a high ideal, but an improbability, for a host of gridlocked, socio-political reasons.

As regards the problems of firearms in school, again, it appears that the solution is a matter of being damned if you do arm select administrators and faculty, and damned if you don't. Meanwhile, the problem definitely appears to be worsening.

An effective argument can be made on either side of this enigmatic issue.

I don't know that there is a tenable solution, but I do not think that firearms will ever be effectively abolished.