"Remote Threat"

After months gun control coverage and the latest tour of the Newtown families, the NY Times writes this:

The effectiveness of using police officers in schools to deter crime or the remote threat of armed intruders is unclear.

Now if I say it. I'm an NRA shill. When I point out the totally disproportionate fear relative to the actual cases of gun violence in schools, I'm not being sensitive. So what to say about the NY Times?