NRA leader Wayne LaPierre blamed a lot of different people for violence in American culture – but not the military or the extreme deference to military personnel and values prevalent in American society (and among his supporters). In fact, he couldn’t help but praise millions of active and retired police officers, military veterans, and private security guards as “an extraordinary corps of patriotic, trained, qualified citizens” who should be in charge of school security.

How about instead of more lockdowns, crackdowns, and clampdowns, we go for schools that are less like prisons and allow people who are willing and able to responsibly defend themselves to do so? Too bad that won’t fit into the dominant narrative that says the federal government must decide for us and enforce their decision.