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Originally Posted by NousDefionsDoc
Do any of you advocating arming this bunch actually know a teacher?
I'm not talking about PTA or parent's night.
First of all they won't carry, they are the biggest libs on the planet. Second of all, most of them can't get 20 6th graders on a school bus without some type of drama.
THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL I WOULD ARM THOSE PEOPLE! I don't even want pilots armed. I would rather arm the kids than 99.9% of the teachers I know.
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My mom, girlfriend and sis-in-law are all teachers. Only one of the three would be interested in carrying a weapon - especially at school. The one is my gf and it's only because I have opened her eyes to the real world in which we live. My mom and SIL are not anti-gun... but they are not the type to use a gun (even if it was available) against a student. I love them dearly, but they are very much sheep. They'd probably protect the students from an outside predator, but they lack the warrior mindset to engage a threat with any verocity. I also don't see them willingly taking the kind of training we'd want them to have.
That said, there are teachers who would happily bear arms. We do have teachers that are avid shooters, hunters and many who are former military (remember "troops to teachers") or are in the Guard/Reserve. Heck, my high school had a rifle team which included several .22LR rifles and an indoor range in the basement. It went away in the late 90's because of rising insurance costs and administrators less willing to fight for it.
I guess what I am driving at is that even if we only have the gym teachers, wrestling coach, and the occasional teacher, vice principal, etc. armed -- it is better than none. Yes, physical security/deterence is the first priority, but nothing is airtight as we all know.