Armed or not

[Bison]

Speaking of armed teachers trying to protect students from armed looney intruders, I remember my grandfather talking about another reason some rural teachers went armed when he was a child. There were bullies and dummies who never graduated at their grade level and you'd wind up with Jethro Bodine types in the 7th grade. Often bigger, stronger and meaner than the teacher. One teacher in Union County, TN back around the early 1900's intended to keep order in class and teach. Several teachers had been beaten and driven off but this one was not. He laid his .38 revolver on the desk and said he meant to keep order in class and teach. Any student not wanting to do either could leave! I believe he was the last one they ran off.

Well,if they ran him off too then the .38 wasn't very effective...or was it.

 

[DaveTN]

Well,if they ran him off too then the .38 wasn't very effective...or was it.

Sorry...meant to say he was the last one they tried to run off. I'm sure the pistol made them FAIL at doing it! I'd prefer something larger than a .38 wouldn't you? And in reference
to Elias' and Crawdad's response to BOZO's living by the sword, dying by the sword. Let me remind you, would you rather die without a sword to at least try and save your own life. Do you think you can NEGOTIATE with these types that can neither quote your scriptures nor read them, let alone ADHERE to them!!? Things will work out one way or the other. The question is: Will you achieve room temperature before your assailant does?

 

[midnite rider]

I am of the school that less government is better government. Since everyone is on the outlaw bandwagon lets just outlaw public schools and that will take care of a lot of the issues. Most are a waste of time and money anyway. Pay for a private education or take time out for your children with a home school education and leave it up to yourself whether to arm or disarm. Problem solved. :biggrin:

 

[Bison]

Train hits bus full of children in Egypt. 51 dead
What should be done here?
Ban all busses or ban all trains?

Bus, train crash in Egypt kills 51 -- mostly children - CNN.com

 

[midnite rider]

Train hits bus full of children in Egypt. 51 dead
What should be done here?
Ban all busses or ban all trains?

Bus, train crash in Egypt kills 51 -- mostly children - CNN.com

All children here in Georgia as well as adults are required by law to wear seat belts or be belted into baby seats in most all vehicles except for school buses. School buses have no seat belts even installed. Go figure.

 

[Bison]

I don't think a seatbelt is gonna be protection against a train anyway.
Yeah here in Can no seatbelts in the schoolbus either :confused2:

 

[Ric]

With all that were hearing on TV today about the new gun laws they want to enact like

• requiring criminal background checks on all gun sales, including private sales
• banning "military-style" assault weapons
• limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds
• strengthening penalties for gun trafficking

with the above and the 23 executive orders that have been signed, I'm sorry but I don't see anything that will change or stop the mass killings that took place recently.

 

[Bison]

With all that were hearing on TV today about the new gun laws they want to enact like

• requiring criminal background checks on all gun sales, including private sales
• banning "military-style" assault weapons
• limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds
• strengthening penalties for gun trafficking

with the above and the 23 executive orders that have been signed, I'm sorry but I don't see anything that will change or stop the mass killings that took place recently.

That is because you are not a politician :wink:
Anytime a politician can get a law or recommendation trough( no matter how stupid or redundant it might be) he/she thinks he/she saved the world from impending disaster.

 

[jekjr]

Truth is the reason that they target schools is in all probability is that they are "gun free zones". I grew up with guns everywhere. He guns are not the danger. When I was a kid there was a loaded gun in several corners at the house and they did not have to tell you but once not to fool with it till you were old enough to know how to use it. No idiot would try to break int your house with that many loaded guns there.

Every adult should be able to carry for protection. In our part of the world when I was a teenager almost every pickup had a gun rack in it usually with a shotgun and or a rifle in it. Guns in the hands of responsible people are the best deterent to guns in the hands of irresponsible people. Anything that limits guns is only going to limit them in the hands of a law abiding citizen.

 

[jekjr]

The Second Amendment is not to guarantee us we can deer hunt by the way. It is there so we can protect ourselves. An armed society is a polite society. Regardless of what kind of nut job you are dealing with if they know that you are packing heat they are many times more likely to go find somebody else that is not than to bother you. A mass murder is not nearly as likely To go into a school where he knows that he is going to be killed as soon as he opens fire as one where he knows that there is not another gun on the premises.