Without the ability to defend themselves, you are creating soft targets and more victims. Security guards cannot be everywhere at once. Arm teachers to be able to protect themselves and students until help arrives.
@9GVVW9S6mos6MO
By giving teachers guns, you are trusting individuals with a school full of life. Who’s to say that one teacher won’t turn around and use that gun for negative reasons? You can have parasites eating your brain and never know until you wake up in a state of rage and have no control. Why would we give anyone the chance to have that happen?
@9GHCS8F 6mos6MO
Couldn’t that same argument be applied to security guards, cops, CCW permit holders? Also, there’s nothing prohibiting a teacher from obtaining a firearm and unlawfully doing the same criminal activity. Your argument isn’t based in reality.
@9GHFTW66mos6MO
I believe that in certain circumstances they should be or the other thing to do is get more guards and do more training on how to possibly get students in a safer situation.
@9GHPFY6Republican6mos6MO
I think teachers should go through training and be provided a gun with a very protective safe so no one can get it. but they should have it to help prevent and stop school shootings
@9GJC4996mos6MO
i agree, you cant have security guards in every classroom so arming the teachers would be the best option, but they must be trained by a professional in gun safety and take classes on having to act under pressure. they must also do an aiming course and have an accuracy of 80% or higher
@9GKKF6VRepublican6mos6MO
I think teachers shouldn't be armed but schools should be built to protect the students like instead of windows in doors you could put peepholes in the doors and instead of wooden doors you could put more reliable and strong doors in a classroom.
@9GHPN2K6mos6MO
i agree. if teachers are armed the chance of a shooting even happening go down drastically. And if they do try and shoot it up
Create a better school shooter system by having immediate help available at all times. Provide better training to teachers, students, and police/security. Providing teachers with firearms leads to higher risk.
@9GHCS8F 6mos6MO
In what way does it create higher risk. As a concealed carry permit holder, I have been carrying a loaded firearm in public for the purpose of lawful self defense and the defense of others for over 20 years. Never once was the public in any risk. If anything, they were safer. The only difference is that I wasn’t a teacher? Can you quantify how the profession of the individual makes him or her a higher risk than anyone else? It would seem to me that all the risk lies with waiting for the shooter to stop pulling the trigger while you wait for this help to arrive.
@9GRLBSKRepublican6mos6MO
That is true, however, not all teachers should be trusted to conduct themselves in a manner responsible enough to control and own a firearm around children. There are many ways that having a gun in close proximity to children could go wrong. For instance, a teacher may go crazy and resort to threats with said gun or may not keep it secure enough and out of reach for children. To fix this potential issue, professionally trained bodyguards should patrol schools and be responsible for wielding firearms on school property.
@9GHCS8F 6mos6MO
I agree that in a perfect scenario, we wouldn’t need to place the burden on the teachers directly. They would be given the opportunity coupled with mandatory training. But I would add that I’m amazed at how many times the topic of not being able to trust the mental state of teachers has been raised in objection to my arguments. It amazes me how many people distrust teachers and blindly trust some “security guard” without the same concern. Would you mind elaborating on why you feel teachers are or may be unfit to carry a firearm in self defense or in defense of their students, but the concern evaporates when the stranger’s profession is shifted to the title, Security Guard?
@9GR5WLYIndependent6mos6MO
The security guard does not have to be everywhere at once. Are cops at my door when I dial 911? No. It would only take minutes at most for security guards to respond at a school if they are inside.
@9GHCS8F 6mos6MO
Think about what you just said. Police are the people who show up to take the report after a crime has already been committed. A security guard does not have a minute to respond to shots actively being fired into a crowded classroom or hallway. Don’t be naive.
@9GNWWSD6mos6MO
If you need armed protection, have security guards in each block of campus and hallways. If not, have further bullet-proof walls and security measures. Giving guns to teachers can lead to accidental shots and mistakes or possibly in the hands of wrong people.
@9GHCS8F 6mos6MO
Do you have any reason to suggest that guns in the hands of teachers means accidental discharges will likely occur? Because they would obviously be accustomed to carrying in public, just like a CCW permit holder would. How incompetent do you think teachers are that they would not have the self discipline to keep a firearm safely stored or holstered until its deployment is required? This argument lacks both facts and merit. Do you have a study that suggests that teachers are more irresponsible with firearms than the general public or security guards?
@9GJJGGP6mos6MO
We have no way to know if teachers will give their life for their students, and they themselves may be the ones with the gun in a shooting. There should instead be increased security and if possible security guards should be hired.
@9GHCS8F 6mos6MO
What would stop that teacher from bringing a gun from home? Are you suggesting that a security guard couldn’t shoot up a school? Why do you trust them over the people in charge of educating our kids?
@9GHGMCG6mos6MO
Armed teachers are dangerous in themselves and can be the cause of many accidental shooting and disasters. Although it would be helpful against school shootings, there's too many negative things that could happen instead.
@9GHCS8F 6mos6MO
How would that happen? There’s no reason to assume that a secured firearm would negligently discharge itself into a child. That scenario is highly unlikely.
Having a firearm within reach could accidentally lead to more violence. There have been cases where students, out of curiosity or malice, managed to get hold of an adult's firearm with tragic results. Additionally, teachers are trained to educate, not to handle security situations. They might not react appropriately under stress, leading to more harm than good.
@9GHCS8F 6mos6MO
You are correct but by not giving the option, you force them to be victims with no ability to protect themselves or anyone else. We’re not asking them to be security guards. We’re giving them a way to defend themselves against an active shooter.
@9GTCWYBWomen’s Equality6mos6MO
I agree with this comment. At least one teacher should be armed. It would be pretty much impossible to keep the threat away from you and your students.
@9GHGT4KIndependent6mos6MO
Armed teachers put more students at risk. You can’t ensure every teacher is mentally stable to carry a gun.
@9GHGPL26mos6MO
Teachers should not be armed because there is no way of making sure there is no miss fire of the weapon or the students getting their hands on it and hurting someone.
@9GHGMQK6mos6MO
If it was known teachers are armed would only increase casualties and most shooters come from within the classroom or outside so it would be better to have guards to report to the position instead of teachers having known weopens to students
@9GL2F7S6mos6MO
While the case about protection is true, it can be deemed unnecessary. What's more dangerous is having more guns in the same location. I think yes, defending themselves is important, but it's also important to leave the dangerous handling of weapons, up to trained professionals in the field.
@9GKKCMV6mos6MO
If teachers have access to guns, that means some students can find access to it too, kids always manage to sneak around right under adults noses, there are other solutions than bringing the treat into the building your trying to protect WILLINGLY.
@9GJPTTN6mos6MO
I think that teachers shoudn't be armed because if they have anger issues and god forbid a students pushes their limits, they may pull out a gun on their student and threaten them . Their should be multiple security guards .
@9GHS4WP6mos6MO
Teachers should be trained to use firearm and only use during threat situation. As long the students is safe without harm armed teachers should be allow use in school.
@9GJJGD86mos6MO
i completely agree. with the way the world is today, and all the gun violence. teachers should be able to keep a gun on them/in their classroom stored away for protection of themselves and their students.
@9GHQ7NL6mos6MO
Yes, the teacher should have the right to carry small arms in school but not military grade equipment
@9GHK9M86mos6MO
I would love for teachers to have a firearm, only hand guns, to be able to protect their class if an intruder comes in. "Shoot first ask questions later"
@9GXCKXQRepublican6mos6MO
I absolutely agree with this statement because teachers should be able to protect themselves and their students against any shooters.
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