When I originally wrote and posted this article in March of
2012, I had no idea the representative scenario I wrote would so
closely follow the reality of the Newtown, Connecticut
shooting.  However, my relative accuracy was not due to
clairvoyance, nor was it mere chance.  The known motivations of
school shooters and the physical realities of school buildings
and police response made it very likely my fictional scenario
would parallel reality, and so it does.  The first four
installments of this series (Article #1 is available here;
article #2 is available here; article #3 is available here and
article #4 is available here) raised the issue of arming school
staff, and raised and answered many of the primary objections of
the uninformed and of professional anti-self defense activists. 
Still, how can school officials be convinced to accept concealed
handguns in schools?  How can risk-averse superintendents and
school boards see the danger we face?  Can hard-core
Progressives be persuaded to accept reality?  I