This startling photo of an armed teacher watching over Israeli schoolchildren has struck a chord with Newsmax readers who, reeling over the Newtown school massacre, say Israel has the right idea when it comes to protecting kids.

“The Israelis have it right. A psychopath would have to be crazy indeed to attack a school where everybody knows that the teachers are armed,’’ writes reader Allen Kenyon of Wisconsin.

“We could easily do what the Israelis are doing. How about some good old-fashioned American volunteerism?’’ adds John Studer.

“It seems that the Israeli’s have got the mass school thing figured out. After all when’s the last time you heard of a mass shooting of Israeli school children?’’

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