Armed or not

[Snapperfreak]

i know we can't protect our children, or ourselves from everything in this world, and i don't think every teacher needs to pack heat but if just one faculty memeber in each school, of fit mind and body and properly trained had a sidearm on them it would help. the people who don't care if they live or die are of course harder to protect against but it still would help. what's wrong with the good guy shooting back? we don't live in 1955 anymore and it seems like we should wise up a bit about this kind of thing.

 

[Bison]

Arm them,the rewards are far higher than the risks.
Better one to many than none at all.
Cops are just a cleanup crew yet are fully armed.
Nutcases ain't waiting for cops to arrive before opening fire

Kids will experience trauma in any shooting,whats better,live kids with trauma or traumatized parents with dead kids.

 

[Elias40]

I don't have any kids, but, would still vote no. Why? How would one possibly know if the Teacher doesn't have a chip on their shoulders as well? And, now being armed with a weapon of lethal potential, could change one's outlook, or how they would have (normally) reacted in the first place. It could apply to other devices as well. Haven't paddles been outlawed? Why?

 

[ILENGINE]

I don't have any kids, but, would still vote no. Why? How would one possibly know if the Teacher doesn't have a chip on their shoulders as well? And, now being armed with a weapon of lethal potential, could change one's outlook, or how they would have (normally) reacted in the first place. It could apply to other devices as well. Haven't paddles been outlawed? Why?

If a teacher was going to go off the deep end, they have other weapons at there disposal like scissors, could just stab students. the gun is just a inaninimate tool, nothing more. The teachers with concealed carry permits in most states would have additional training, as well as being finger printed and a better background check then the average citizen.

Gun free zones is were all of these mass shooting are taking place, why is that? Maybe because the bag guys know there will be no resistance to there actions. I don't think teachers would be anymore dangerous in the school with students then the average concealed carry permit holder out in the general population.

The thing that gets me is why doesn't the media report on the shootings that are stopped by concealed carry holders, most times without firing a shot. Most of these mass murderers kill themselves when confronted by armed resistance. I also believe that the media is perpetuating these mass murders because they glorify the shooter, causing copycat's to follow suit. I think they don't report them because it doesn't fit within their agenda, since most are anti self defense. If the media would of tried some of the stuff they are doing now back in 1776 they would have to taken to the town square, and tarred and feathered.

Even senator Feinstein( the most rabid antigun politician had a concealed carry permit. Sounds to me like what is good for me isn't good for the people that elected me. These politicians need to be knocked of there high horse. To me they all need to be tried for Treason against the U.S. and serve no less than a life sentence.

 

[Elias40]

If a teacher was going to go off the deep end, they have other weapons at there disposal like scissors, could just stab students. the gun is just a inaninimate tool, nothing more. The teachers with concealed carry permits in most states would have additional training, as well as being finger printed and a better background check then the average citizen.

Gun free zones is were all of these mass shooting are taking place, why is that? Maybe because the bag guys know there will be no resistance to there actions. I don't think teachers would be anymore dangerous in the school with students then the average concealed carry permit holder out in the general population.

The thing that gets me is why doesn't the media report on the shootings that are stopped by concealed carry holders, most times without firing a shot. Most of these mass murderers kill themselves when confronted by armed resistance. I also believe that the media is perpetuating these mass murders because they glorify the shooter, causing copycat's to follow suit. I think they don't report them because it doesn't fit within their agenda, since most are anti self defense. If the media would of tried some of the stuff they are doing now back in 1776 they would have to taken to the town square, and tarred and feathered.

Even senator Feinstein( the most rabid antigun politician had a concealed carry permit. Sounds to me like what is good for me isn't good for the people that elected me. These politicians need to be knocked of there high horse. To me they all need to be tried for Treason against the U.S. and serve no less than a life sentence.

Everyone has splintered views, and, since it is like beating a dead horse, makes no sense to dwelling over it.

 

[txzrider]

So I read today where the 5.4 billion dollars that was removed from the education budget (a couple of years ago)will not be put back with this next budget, I dont see how the school systems could even afford to add armed security! I guess I am back in the concealed carry camp for the teachers! Its not perfect, but it seems like the only other solution is to stop them from getting to the school... either through more comprehensive mental health care or less guns. Or all the above. Honestly though that takes me back to if you reduce the guns for legal law abiding citizens, only the criminals will have guns.

 

[ILENGINE]

So I read today where the 5.4 billion dollars that was removed from the education budget (a couple of years ago)will not be put back with this next budget, I dont see how the school systems could even afford to add armed security! I guess I am back in the concealed carry camp for the teachers! Its not perfect, but it seems like the only other solution is to stop them from getting to the school... either through more comprehensive mental health care or less guns. Or all the above. Honestly though that takes me back to if you reduce the guns for legal law abiding citizens, only the criminals will have guns.

I concur with your opinion.

 

[lunytune2]

We can make our schools with bullet proof glass and a system where you can press an emergency button that will close a metal security door over the classrooms that only the police and principles can open . Kind of like how the stores in the big cities close at night so they do not get broken into . It is an expense , but you do not need to worry about armed faculty or a weekly expense of an armed gaurd.

 

[ILENGINE]

What i would like to know is, why does the gun get blamed for mass shootings and not the deranged shooter that pulled the trigger. So called assault weapons get the blame even in murders that didn't envolve guns. The antis keep trying to tell us the the 2A doesn't cover modern assault weapons because they are semi automatic, but repeating weapons did exist when the constitution was ratified. If you look at the features proposed by the anti's with the proposed AWB then the muskets that were used during the revolutionary war would also qualify as assault weapons because they accepted a bayonet.

The amendments to the constitution were voted on based on common understanding of the meaning (no legal interpretation) of what it said. That should be the one and only interpretation, not some legal interpretation.

 

[Ric]

We can make our schools with bullet proof glass and a system where you can press an emergency button that will close a metal security door over the classrooms that only the police and principles can open . Kind of like how the stores in the big cities close at night so they do not get broken into . It is an expense , but you do not need to worry about armed faculty or a weekly expense of an armed gaurd.

That's a good Idea except they won't give funding to the schools to do it is the problem. They won't even come up with the funding to hire good teachers. The thing is our government can blame and pass laws banning assault weapons and it cost them nothing. ( Even though it won't do them any good ) As they say on the news they just keep kicking the can down the road.