Arming teachers is a great idea

[Jollybear]

I think arming teachers logically will increase defense and security.

What do you think?

 

[Sapiens]

When they arm teachers will they pay them as much as cops and give them overtime like cops?

 

[Sunstone]

Why stop with arming the teachers? Why not arm the students too? Heck, I'm all for arming everyone in the school, and then militarizing it like we've done with our police departments. Shouldn't the football team have it's own main battle tank? I can't see why not. "Camouflage and Kevlar for the kids!" That's my view!

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

When they arm teachers will they pay them as much as cops and give them overtime like cops?

schools struggle for funding for basic supplies, but now we're suddenly going to find money to arm teachers? And train them? AND insure them?

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

Why stop with arming the teachers? Why not arm the students too? Heck, I'm all for arming everyone in the school, and then militarizing it like we've done with our police departments. Shouldn't the football team have it's own main battle tank? I can't see why not. "Camouflage and Kevlar for the kids!" That's my view!

Beware Poe's law

 

[Nakosis]

I think arming teachers logically will increase defense and security.

What do you think?

All teachers, no. Only ones who have had a significant amount of training and an extensive background check.

These would need to be rechecked on a continuous basis at least yearly and hold a special license to carry a firearm on school grounds IMO.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Why stop with arming the teachers? Why not arm the students too? Heck, I'm all for arming everyone in the school, and then militarizing it like we've done with our police departments. Shouldn't the football team have it's own main battle tank? I can't see why not. "Camouflage and Kevlar for the kids!" That's my view!

Cool. Tank football.....

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

Not to mention most teachers already have a very full schedule, and we're going to expect them to find time to train up to, and stay current with, urban combat standards? Are we considering the cost of substitutes to cover all the class time such training will eat into?

I fear the whole "we'll just arm teachers" kneejerk is just another example of the wierd American belief that mere posession of a gun can turn anyone into John Maclean. I'm yet to encounter any proponents of the idea who have an answer to any of the questions I just raised, or the many others besides.

 

[Twilight Hue]

schools struggle for funding for basic supplies, but now we're suddenly going to find money to arm teachers? And train them? AND insure them?

Cool. A whole new field for injury attorneys to play in.

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

All teachers, no. Only ones who have had a significant amount of training and an extensive background check.

These would need to be rechecked on a continuous basis at least yearly and hold a special license to carry a firearm on school grounds IMO.

Soldiers and tactical police expecting to operate in urban operations have to do a lot more than that to stay current. If we're expecting teachers to be a REAL solution to the school shooting problem, and not just "there I fixed it" window dressing, it's going to take a lot more than a yearly check.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I think arming teachers logically will increase defense and security.

What do you think?

Why stop with arming the teachers? Why not arm the students too?

Strangely fitting.

 

[BSM1]

Why stop with arming the teachers? Why not arm the students too? Heck, I'm all for arming everyone in the school, and then militarizing it like we've done with our police departments. Shouldn't the football team have it's own main battle tank? I can't see why not. "Camouflage and Kevlar for the kids!" That's my view!

Uhhh...when I was in high school there rifles and shotguns hung in open sight in many trucks in the student parking lot. The idea of a school shooter was completely foreign to us during that time.

 

[Jollybear]

When they arm teachers will they pay them as much as cops and give them overtime like cops?

They dont need all that, they just need a gun to protect the kids. Its not that complicated.

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

Cool. A whole new field for injury attorneys to play in.

Another area the "let's just arm teachers" crowd seems not to have considered. Increase the number of firearms in schools, and you WILL increase the number of firearm accidents. Who pays for them? What about friendly fire? Mr. Rambo from home ec. Misidentifies a threat and shoots some kid who wasn't actually an active shooter, who pays for that?

Here's a big one; what's the protocol for when the cops show up? How do they tell the armed teachers from the active shooter(s)?

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

They dont need all that, they just need a gun to protect the kids. Its not that complicated.

Wow.

 

[Jollybear]

Not to mention most teachers already have a very cull schedule, and we're going to expect them to find time to train up to, and stay current with, urban combat standards? Are we considering the cost of substitutes to cover all the class time such training will eat into?

I fear the whole "we'll just arm teachers" kneejerk is just another example of the wierd American belief that mere posession of a gun can turn anyone into John Maclean. I'm yet to encounter any proponents of the idea who have an answer to any of the questions I just raised, or the many others besides.

One dont need to be a john maclean, one just needs to be a better shooter then the other guy bent on evil.

 

[Sunstone]

Uhhh...when I was in high school there rifles and shotguns hung in open sight in many trucks in the student parking lot. The idea of a school shooter was completely foreign to us during that time.

Same here. I came from a rural area with a strong gun culture that encouraged the safe and ethical use of firearms.

But all that changed beginning around the mid-70s in my county. I am not under the illusions things are still the way they once were.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Uhhh...when I was in high school there rifles and shotguns hung in open sight in many trucks in the student parking lot. The idea of a school shooter was completely foreign to us during that time.

Especially hunting season. I still remember the school rifle club.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Same here. I came from a rural area with a strong gun culture that encouraged the safe and ethical use of firearms.

But all that changed beginning around the mid-70s in my county. I am not under the illusions things are still the way they once were.

I have to agree. I think this generation is far too immature to responsibly handle firearms.

 

[Prometheus85]

I think arming teachers logically will increase defense and security.

What do you think?

Give a logical explanation of why arming teachers will increase defense and security....