Armed or not

[Ric]

If you took your child to school and had a choice of them being in a school or in a class with an armed teacher or one that is not armed, which would you choose?

 

[reynoldston]

If you took your child to school and had a choice of them being in a school or in a class with an armed teacher or one that is not armed, which would you choose?

Armed teacher. It sound like a accident waiting to happen. For some reason I'm not very comfortable around someone carrying a gun and just how is this going to affect the child. I sure don't know the answer when a nut case comes into a school and wants to kill, but don't think armed teachers is it. It just isn't schools that is getting hit and you just can't arm the good people because you never know who is good or bad.
I also don't think that gun control and going to stop a person that want to kill. Maybe better gun education and keeping a better handle on a person that's a little touched in the head would help, but that isn't going to stop it 100%.

 

[metz12]

Armed teacher. It sound like a accident waiting to happen. For some reason I'm not very comfortable around someone carrying a gun and just how is this going to affect the child. I sure don't know the answer when a nut case comes into a school and wants to kill, but don't think armed teachers is it. It just isn't schools that is getting hit and you just can't arm the good people because you never know who is good or bad.
I also don't think that gun control and going to stop a person that want to kill. Maybe better gun education and keeping a better handle on a person that's a little touched in the head would help, but that isn't going to stop it 100%.

your right, and even if they did apply armed teachers, look at how many teachers are older, or may have shoulder problems where they would not be able TO fire a gun, an old teacher of mine only has one arm too!

 

[Ric]

This was one of the answers that Wayne LaPierre of the NRA talked about. The Problem with the teachers being armed would be the fact that 90% of the teachers I knew in the 24 years of working for the school system wouldn't bother with trying to get licensed to carry a weapon, say nothing about investing in the cost of purchasing a weapon. The greatest majority teachers had enough problems buying there own supplies and supplies for there kids so they could teach there classes. I personally believe if they want guns on school grounds they need to have some type of armed security.

 

[reynoldston]

they need to have some type of armed security.


This sound all well and good but this armed security had better be well trained with a lot of background checks. Personally I have mixed feeling on this. This armed person should be a person that can have very good communications with children and well liked, this is going to be the hard part because that takes a special person. Without this I don't think it will work. We sure don't need a gun hoe disliked jerk in our schools.

 

[txzrider]

I would be more in favour of armed security on site. However I believe the question of more gun control solving the issue was settled when the ex-con killed his sister, 2 firemen and wounded a policeman. It was not legal for him to have any weapons but he did. The armed policeman that chased after him, saved lives! So A. if you make guns illegal, only criminals and police will have them and B. An armed good guy can save the day against an armed bad guy! More guns is not the answer, however guns in the hands of properly trained individuals might be. While my xdm 40 might have had a chance at knocking the guy down in the theater shooting in aurora co., It is not something I would normally carry. Nor am I a good enough shot with it to be confident I could hit the guy an knock him down w/o drawing his attn to my family or the other inocent people around me. I think we all would love to be the the hero in that situation, but if you really examine it and are realistic of your skill set and the chaos of the situation... you realize just what type of men and women our soldiers and police officers are! To me the actions of the officer that chased after the ex-con were heroic and saved lives! The teachers that died to try and save the kids, were the same! Could they have used weapons, in that situation, of course! Would and armed security guard as the 1st responder been better? Absolutly!

 

[Parkmower]

My kids school campus has 5 bldgs housing pre-k thru 12grade. Our towns police dept is in an old school office bldg at the front of the campus. But that doesn't mean an officer is always on scene. They may be out on patrol or a call. The chief is alway on the road into school for arrival and dismissal. Each bldg has an unarmed security officer. I would like to see an armed peace officer in each. Even if a police officer is on campus he is prob always mins away. When seconds count who wants response mins away?

 

[reynoldston]

Now we are talking about a person with a gun, bomb or whatever that's main idea is to kill and is going kill themselves anyways. I just can't see a arm guard stopping this person. This person is just going to come out of nowhere and start blasting and killing. Just how do you stop someone like this? As I can see it happening all the time in countries all over the world, not just here or in schools. The only way to stop this person is if you can get to them with their twisted mine before it happens. The only thing the armed person may do is keep the body count down.

 

[DaveTN]

Now we are talking about a person with a gun, bomb or whatever that's main idea is to kill and is going kill themselves anyways. I just can't see a arm guard stopping this person. This person is just going to come out of nowhere and start blasting and killing. Just how do you stop someone like this? As I can see it happening all the time in countries all over the world, not just here or in schools. The only way to stop this person is if you can get to them with their twisted mine before it happens. The only thing the armed person may do is keep the body count down.

Armed or not, it makes no difference to a crazy person! You CAN NOT regulate CRAZINESS!! There are more nuts out walking the streets, time-bombs waiting to go off at any time any where. Many are on skid row off their meds and getting no intervention treatment. Others have more means at their disposal and are living in your subdivision, or condos just waiting for the right trigger event to set them off. Even if guns were confiscated, then as Archie Bunker replied to his daughter when she said.."Daddy...such and such a number of people were KILLED with hand guns in NYC this year!" To which he replied.. "Good Night Nurse Little Goil...would it make ya feel any better if they was shoved from windows!!?" If not guns, then clubs or knives, poison, stoning, baseball bats, machetes...you name it. Just remember you can not regulate craziness.

 

[reynoldston]

Armed or not, it makes no difference to a crazy person! You CAN NOT regulate CRAZINESS!! There are more nuts out walking the streets, time-bombs waiting to go off at any time any where. Many are on skid row off their meds and getting no intervention treatment. Others have more means at their disposal and are living in your subdivision, or condos just waiting for the right trigger event to set them off. Even if guns were confiscated, then as Archie Bunker replied to his daughter when she said.."Daddy...such and such a number of people were KILLED with hand guns in NYC this year!" To which he replied.. "Good Night Nurse Little Goil...would it make ya feel any better if they was shoved from windows!!?" If not guns, then clubs or knives, poison, stoning, baseball bats, machetes...you name it. Just remember you can not regulate craziness.

I would say this is just what I am saying. Life or death just doesn't mean anything to a person like this.