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?
Your next to last sentence says it all. School teachers, by and large came out of a life of academia and stayed in the same life/work style. Many that I've known over the years would scare the schittt out of me did I know they were armed at all. I mean no dis-respect to teachers but for many of them, the real world was never a part of their life's agenda.
Let the flaming start!
