Lindsey Graham suggests military veterans could be brought on to secure schools in aftermath of Uvalde mass shooting

In the wake of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting last month, Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested that retired service members could help boost security.

There were hundreds of thousands of veterans who would bring an array of experience in order to keep children safe in school.

Hundreds of thousands of well-trained former military members could bring a lot to the table. Instructors with firearms training should be allowed to have weapons.

He said that he was going to create a process that would allow former military members to get school security training.

Graham, a onetime judge advocate in the United States Air Force who also served in the Air Force reserves, spoke of the need to protect children in an environment where they shouldn't be violent.

We need retired and former service members to help protect our schools. Our schools are not always well received. He wrote that they contain our most valuable possession and must be protected.

He said that schools should be treated like capital buildings when it comes to security.

Conservatives want to shift the debate over violence in America away from Democratic-backed gun restrictions and towards the enhancement of security in school buildings.

Graham said after the Uvalde shooting that he would be willing to debate any and all measures to curb violence.

"As to what to do next, I welcome a debate in the US Senate about any and all measures that my colleagues believe will have an effect," he said. We should debate and vote.

The Robb Elementary School in Uvalde was the scene of 19 murders.

The Uvalde school district had its own police force.

Questions remain about the police department's handling of the situation, notably the fact that the school district's police chief waited for backup instead of trying to take down the shooter.