Good Citizens and Guns

Decades ago, Palestinian terrorism was being directed at schools. Yasser Arafat calculated that small children can’t shoot back, and that killing them was the best way to terrify parents into fleeing Israel.

Israel’s response?

They armed schoolteachers and school bus drivers. Now, even suicide terrorists don’t attack schools — lest they be shot down before they can reach their helpless victims.

Don B. Kates, Jr. has an answer to being helpless when confronted by armed gunmen.