The idea of arming school teachers gets batted around here and elsewhere quite a bit.
I am generally opposed to it.
I have had the acquaintance of quite a few teachers in my life. I have two families of them as neighbors. Of all the ones I have known, I would not want to be within a hundred yards of any of them if they had a firearm in their hands. Not ALL teachers, of course, but MOST of them seem not to have a real firm grip on reality, common sense or good judgement, they seem to be the perfect embodiment of the term "snowflake". I honestly do not believe any amount of training would render them competent with a firearm or endow them with the mental capability to react with it in a dangerous, stressful situation. The fact that 90% of them at least are flaming liberals doesnt help any, yet I know two who are conservative gun nuts of the first order, instructors in Hunter Ed and so forth, both of them are goofy as the day is long and I dont want to be around them either.
If we are going to have armed personnel in our schools, let it be professionals; police officers and trained security people who know what they are doing.
Your thoughts?
How about "don't ask, don't tell," if you have a concealed weapon permit? That's the law in Utah. If you have a license, you can carry in school as an employee and not tell administrators. Administrators are also barred from asking teachers and staff members about it. The only restriction is that it must be concealed on the person at all times when on school property, and cannot be stored anywhere outside the immediate control of the teacher/staff member, so no locking them in lockers or desk drawers.
