HWFO, I don't frame this as "arming teachers." Rather, my stance on this is "Stop preventing responsible adults from protecting themselves and others; y'know, like at the grocery store?"
Furthermore, the foreknowledge that responsible adults at the school may or may not be armed would provide the same deterrent that (likely) prevents many…
HWFO, I don't frame this as "arming teachers." Rather, my stance on this is "Stop preventing responsible adults from protecting themselves and others; y'know, like at the grocery store?"
Until you've seen an urban high school from the inside, don't project your experiences into that environment. It's closer to an open-doored jail than it is a university.
I will defer to your experience here. I was not thinking about any specific subset of school, but the specific subset of responsible American adult who is competent to carry and use a firearm. Some of these folks choose the career of teacher. I'm not convinced that preventing these adults from protecting themselves and children (like I would do in my local grocery store if necessary), should lose that right to protection simply because they're inside a structure named "school."
And as a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom myself, I totally agree that a bunch of us sitting outside schools with Hawiian shirts and slung rifles would be a very strong deterrant.
Yeah, this is my take. My ... ex-brother-in-law (how's that for an awkward construction?) is a current 4th grade teacher, and a former United States Marine.
It's flatly absurd that he can't have a CCW on him in case of emergency.
HWFO, I don't frame this as "arming teachers." Rather, my stance on this is "Stop preventing responsible adults from protecting themselves and others; y'know, like at the grocery store?"
Furthermore, the foreknowledge that responsible adults at the school may or may not be armed would provide the same deterrent that (likely) prevents many mass shootings in public places in Texas. https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/texas-school-districts-no-nonsense-message
Until you've seen an urban high school from the inside, don't project your experiences into that environment. It's closer to an open-doored jail than it is a university.
I will defer to your experience here. I was not thinking about any specific subset of school, but the specific subset of responsible American adult who is competent to carry and use a firearm. Some of these folks choose the career of teacher. I'm not convinced that preventing these adults from protecting themselves and children (like I would do in my local grocery store if necessary), should lose that right to protection simply because they're inside a structure named "school."
And as a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom myself, I totally agree that a bunch of us sitting outside schools with Hawiian shirts and slung rifles would be a very strong deterrant.
Yeah, this is my take. My ... ex-brother-in-law (how's that for an awkward construction?) is a current 4th grade teacher, and a former United States Marine.
It's flatly absurd that he can't have a CCW on him in case of emergency.
Proper construction brother-outlaw.