Distance, Self-Defense, Handguns & Schools

From such information as is available to be, the usual self-defense use of handguns is about 25-feet OR less.

That is well within the usual distances between sub-university teachers' podiums or desks and classroom doors.

[At age 70-plus years I self-trained with a semi-automatic handgun to the level that my rapid-fire performance put seven of eight rounds in the head-target and most of those in the forehead. Such shooting did involve "charging, side-to-side" at the target.]

There is no doubt that younger teachers and other staff of those schools could perform as well with: Skilled trainers; Use of "Paint Ball Guns" for force-on-force training; And, most importantly motivated to use deadly force to protect "their children".