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I could tell you that there is one solution that does work, but you'd be horrified to know what that solution is I'm betting. And even though it actually works, you are likely vehemently against it because reasons.
What is that? Honestly wondering just what even the Axis or Ottomans would do confronted with this problem. (Not guns --- malevolent youth intending harm one way or another)
In 100% of every school shooting (or public shooting for that matter outside of gang related crap), application of return force has stopped the shooting. All of them.
When the shooter meets resistance, the shooters actions go one of three ways - retreat and attempt to escape, surrender or death from the opposing force. Either way the offensive aspect of their shooting has ended. It doesn't matter who is applying that opposing force or resistance either - LEO, civilian, etc. - irrelevant. It is the application of opposing force that universally ends the attack.
Turning schools into prisons is not the answer. That has its own set of long term issues that is a different discussion. Having LEO's on campus is a good step, but it is not the end all because kids quickly figure out their habits and routines and know that 1 or 2 LEO's cannot be on campus everywhere at once. And all too often the LEOs that are on campus are, shall we say, out of their prime athletically.
The solution, outside of fixing the underlying problem with the kids themselves, is to make the place a crazy person wants to do harm a place they decide that doing harm is too much of a risk. Selectively arm administrators and teachers. Many districts have armed teachers, and it is amazing how those districts are not the ones that have shootings and equally amazing* how the administrators and teachers that do carry haven't had their firearms magically jump out of their holsters and go on unabetted shootng sprees or have had kids scheme and plan and ambush said teachers to get their firearms.
*in case you weren't aware, i was being extremely sarcastic here. Unfortunately I feel as if I have to point that out because too many idiots take everything said on a message board as 100% literal because they pretty much fail at life in general.**
**not saying that is you specifically. It may be, it may not be. I don't know.