The trendy answer to the problem of gun violence in our schools has been to put weapons in the hands of classroom teachers or administrators. That includes HB 70, pre-filed earlier this month by Rep. Mike Kelley, R-Lamar, which would allow teachers to carry concealed weapons.
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I would say yes for teachers to be able to carry concealed weapons but they must obtain a permit like everyone else. I think that they should be able to defend themselves as well as their students in an emergency situation.
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I am wondering how the teacher associations will weigh in on this subject.
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No.
ReplyDeleteIn answer to your question, no.
Hell, no.
Sidwell Friends, a Washington, D.C. private school where Sasha and Malia Obama attend school, has 11 armed security guards and is reportedly hiring an additional police officer.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Obama will weigh in.
Each school should have a trained rapid response team with training and access to the necessary items to protect lives of students, faculty and staff.
ReplyDeleteThis can be done without having a police state and classrooms with weapons on teachers. Keeping guns out of classrooms will prevent a fear factor in some students.
Unfortunately access points must be controlled, locked, and improvements into school access may need to be changed. When the student is on school property, only guardians or parents should be allowed on the property. All others should be viewed as trespasers.
Local law enforcement should provide a visual presence before and after school to monitor the outside areas.
I am late in giving this clarification, but I think it is needed. Yes, Sidwell Friends does typically employ 12 guards, but that is not for just one campus, that is for their three campuses, each campus has four guards and as they have 24 hour surveillance at each campus, it takes 12 working 40 hours a week to meet that obligation. The only time more than one guard is on duty is during special events. Many public schools across this nation also have armed guards, so it should not be shocking that a private school that is attended by the children of many influential and wealthy people would have one guard at a time at each of it's three campuses. These children are reasonably at a higher risk of being targeted or kidnapped because of their famous relatives. It is disingenuous to act like this number of security personnel is excessive without pointing out the totality of the facts. But I suppose when facts shoot so many holes in your argument it might be more convenient to leave them out.
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