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Orwellian Phrase Used in Tennessee, “Arming Teachers”
AmmoLand ^ | April 25, 2024 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 04/28/2024 6:30:57 AM PDT by marktwain

The phrase “arming teachers” has standard meanings: To provide teachers with arms or to force teachers to carry arms.  “Arming teachers” puts teachers in a passive role, with someone else “arming” them. It is being used to oppose a mild gun law reform bill in Tennessee.

The phrase is being used in an Orwellian way by those opposed to an armed population. It is used by the left to prevent teachers from being allowed to protect themselves and the children in their care.  The phrase “arming teachers” has become equated with removing restrictions on the ability of teachers to arm themselves. 

This is standard causation reversal by leftists.  Teachers are not armed because school administrators and governments have prevented them from being armed. 

The Orwellian phrase “arming teachers”  is being used to stop a mild reform law in Tennessee, which would allow some volunteer teachers, under severe restrictions, to carry concealed weapons to protect themselves and their students. From the tennessean.com:

How would Tennessee’s law arming teachers work?

Tennessee’s law would allow facilities or staff to carry concealed guns on their respective campuses.

Later, the article mentions the extreme restrictions on carrying by teachers in Tennessee schools.

From actionnews5.com:

If passed, this bill would arm school staff members upon completing training, background checks and a psychological evaluation.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: banglist; education; orwell; school; teachers; tennessee; tn
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The major argument of those who opposed armed protectors in schools is "guns are bad".
1 posted on 04/28/2024 6:30:57 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

It’s true, guns are bad! Sit outside a gun shop, watch the folks go in, and then watch as they never come out again.


2 posted on 04/28/2024 6:34:17 AM PDT by Bob434
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What if we made firearms training mandatory to get a license to teach? We would have a different workforce in the schools.


3 posted on 04/28/2024 6:34:17 AM PDT by maro (MAGA!)
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To: marktwain

Screw guns. I want to see teachers armed with 155mm towed artillery.


4 posted on 04/28/2024 6:34:59 AM PDT by Lazamataz (To anyone who also wants to see the Bot "marcusmaximus" banned, contact me by Freepmail. )
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To: marktwain

Leftists do NOT want us armed when they want to kill us. That’s it plain and simple.


5 posted on 04/28/2024 6:36:26 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: marktwain

Great point. I am not interested in “arming teachers”, but am interesting in allowing them to arm themselves.


6 posted on 04/28/2024 6:40:18 AM PDT by Judge Bean
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“Tennessee’s law would allow facilities or staff to carry concealed guns on their respective campuses.”

How does a facility carry concealed?


7 posted on 04/28/2024 6:53:21 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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“Tennessee’s law would allow facilities or staff to carry concealed guns on their respective campuses.”

How does a facility carry concealed?


8 posted on 04/28/2024 6:53:21 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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To: marktwain

9 posted on 04/28/2024 6:54:24 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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To: Tom Tetroxide

Bet facility is a spell checked faculty (as in teachers)


10 posted on 04/28/2024 7:05:35 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: marktwain

Back in the day 70s, 80s and 90s there were guns in some schools. Communities knew and all was good. To my knowledge none were ever used or needed.


11 posted on 04/28/2024 7:05:45 AM PDT by DOC44 ( )
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To: marktwain

That makes more sense.


12 posted on 04/28/2024 7:13:47 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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To: marktwain

Time for snubbies in SOB to arise.

Allowing teachers to be armed , besides the intruders, will send a message to students too.


13 posted on 04/28/2024 7:18:12 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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I have to wonder how many teachers are already CCing, regardless. I would imagine there are a few.


14 posted on 04/28/2024 8:23:42 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: marktwain

The left is good at distorting the defining terms in order to push their agenda. Many of their terms gets adopted by otherwise conservatives in print and even here on FreeRepublic. Some examples:

“Arming teachers” instead of accurately “allowing teachers to be armed”.
“Sexual orientation” instead of accurately “sexual preference”.
“Unborn” instead of accurately “preborn”.
“Gender” instead of accurately “sex”.
Saying a person’s “gender is assigned” at birth instead of the accurate saying that a person’s “sex is recorded” at birth.

Feel free to add to the list.


15 posted on 04/28/2024 8:26:21 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Lazamataz

Only in rural areas. Urban areas will do quite well with just hand grenades.


16 posted on 04/28/2024 8:28:34 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo, )
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To: marktwain

Just as a side note, teachers in private schools in TN were allowed to carry after the Covenant shooting. This bill is to extend that right to teachers in public schools.


17 posted on 04/28/2024 10:23:12 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: marktwain

Train ALL teachers in the use of arms, as part of their licensing. ARM all those who wish to be armed.


18 posted on 04/28/2024 11:00:43 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH!)
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“ The major argument of those who opposed armed protectors in schools is “guns are bad”.

That’s partially correct. The Left loves guns as long as they’re the only ones who have them.

L


19 posted on 04/28/2024 11:08:55 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Disambiguator

It happens.


20 posted on 04/28/2024 1:29:28 PM PDT by skimbell
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