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Aside from what people think about this officer's reactions, this is a very direct argument against the clichéd arguments to 'arm the teachers' or that 'a good guy with a gun will stop a bad guy with a gun'. This was a decorated and experienced law officer, and having him on scene did not stop the shooting. Perhaps he was just a pogue who was waiting out his time, but nothing in his record would tell you that - he's probably much more qualified than a lot of the school security who are not former LEOs (and I think it is unfair to judge him in hindsight and from a distance). Even with full combat training, good men will often react poorly when first fired upon in these situations - soldiers usually get practice, but cops may only do this once or twice in their entire career. The idea of having dozens of poorly trained teachers firing randomly is a nightmare, not a solution (not to mention that every delinquent in the school will be trying to filch their guns - they won't even have to go all the way down the street to the stop-n-shop for a gun).
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