[marktwain]

"Arming Teachers" is the Left's propaganda term for restoring teachers ability to defend themselves and the children under their control.

It was the federal laws imposed by the left that disarmed them in the first place.

[marktwain]

The meme, “arming teachers” assumes that the government is the one who has the authority to arm people.

That is the opposite of reality, where it is the government who forcibly disarms people.

These sort of Owellian word games are the specialty of Progressives.

[lightman]

[umgud]

If only they could have a do-over, the six dead adults at Sandy Hook would likely rather have met Adam Lanza with a gun of their own.

[Reno89519]

We need to end deadly Gun Free Zones and allow faculty, staff, AND parents with CCW to carry concealed. We all have a shared stake, parents more so than the school or the coward police that will show up after the fact.

[RitaOK]

This *never* gets brought up, even on OUR side of media yak.

Many teachers already have Concealed Carry Licenses. Among those, there are those who are proficient and would be great at learning tactical training along side local police departments.

Where is Dana Loesch? She should know this already and the NRA should say so.

So THANKS for posting.

[shanover]

If we really wanted to, we could protect the children in any school day from bus to school with multi-faceted safety measures.

When the question is asked to a typical liberal, "What would you do to protect YOUR children?", one obviously says, "Anything!". When told the PRICE of security with includes arming staff for protecting other children just the same at school one gets basically one answer,"No/never". This dead space thinking of a typical liberal is no different with the issue of abortion.

[beekay]

Willing teachers should have the right to protect themselves rather than being required to be like sheep to the slaughter.

[yarddog]

A couple of days ago I saw the Dothan, Alabama police chief on TV saying how he opposed arming teachers.

His idea was that we should only trust highly trained police officers.

I immediately remembered just great the highly trained cops had performed at Columbine as well as the Broward County incident.

They basically acted with unusual cowardice then bullied the innocent students who finally made it out.

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[Cobra64]

Full disclosure, I am a certified NRA pistol and rifle instructor and shoot in pistol competition. Here are some points to consider:

There is risk in simply allowing teachers to be armed. They need FIREARMS TRAINING. Anyone can pull a trigger and make a gun go bang. I tell my students, “shooting a pistol is simple, but it’s not easy.” Hitting a designated target on a square range with no pressure is a challenge, much less under pressure. Furthermore, in a crisis situation, with LEO on the scene, armed teachers waving pistols may become the unintended victims of cops. There’s more, but you get the idea.

[lepton]

Pay them a lot, like they’re security guards on top of being teachers? No.

Pay for the qualifications class. Pay for training on what should be expected of them. Pay them $50 or so a month for being available and complying with the extra rules.