Introduction
Department of Homeland Security research shows that the average duration of an active shooter incident at a school is 12.5 minutes. In contrast, the average response time for law enforcement is 18 minutes. This means armed attacks are often over before police arrive, and even if they do arrive while the attack is still ongoing, the longer it takes for off campus armed officers to respond to a 911 call, get there, locate the shooter, and stop the killing, the more children, teachers, and staff will die.
That is simply the brutal reality.
It is essential that there be someone on the school campus who is armed and trained so they can respond faster and end the killing sooner.
As a 2014 FBI study determined:
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