“As far as I’m concerned, we’ve got to protect the children. We have to be able to disrupt intruders,” West said at the demo. “We saw what happened in Uvalde. School resource officers were hesitant to go into that room, and so what you’ve got to recognize is, there’s a danger for them also, but they are there on the front line.”

But it wasn't just the school resource officers not going in, was it?

The cops had assault rifles and ballistic shields and flashbangs and body armor. What makes you think one more toy is gonna make a difference?