The NRA touts infringement of the right to bear arms by citizens as sacred and any modification as a slippery slope. This country has already gone down that slope and we are now sailing off the cliff. Does anyone feel safer? How many assault rifles does it take to give one a sense of power and safety? How many high-capacity magazines should one hoard? And just who is the enemy we are arming ourselves against? 

When I was a university professor it was almost considered rude to bring your cell phone into your classroom … until the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings. Professors were not demanding to arm themselves to protect their students, though legislators thought it was a good idea. Teachers in public schools do not want the responsibility of a lethal weapon in their holster or desk in case they might have to use it against a student or unknown intruder.