WARNING! Free market, Austrian-Libertarian economic analysis.

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/02/michael-s-rozeff/should-teachers-be-armed/

Should teachers be armed? This question is premature. In today’s monopoly law enforcement systems funded by forced extractions of money from taxpayers, lawmakers will answer this question. There will be public debate, such as is now occurring. Lawmakers will hear the arguments and they will decide. Their decisions will, however, not be according to criteria that relate directly to the welfare of the children of their citizens. The incentives faced by lawmakers will not create such a connection in the clarity that the citizens demand. The system is bound to frustrate the citizens. Read the rest of this entry »