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FL, MN, OK, OR, SD, TN are drafting GUN legislation to allow teachers to carry in schools
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 20589235:MV8yMDg4Mjg2XzM1MTY0NDEwXzY5RkRCQjI=] Arming teachers while not inherently a bad idea has LOTS of problems. [i][b]Will the guns be locked up but available to the teacher? Will they be openly carried? Will the teacher REALLY be trained to be accurate when firing under pressure (MOST police, who have continual recurrent training, TOTALLY MISS when engaged in a gun battle, even when only 15 feet away - seems being shot BACK at detroys one's concentration and aim) What will schools do if an ARMED TEACHER goes off the deep end and shoots someone who is unarmed, but who they claim they "thought" was armed?[/b] [b]What will schools do if an ARMED TEACHER shoots students, particularly unruly students who are in a major league fight?[/b] (in my older son's middle school the fights sometimes got so bad not even ALL the male teachers on staff working in unison could break them up and they had to await the police to show up and start pepper spraying and tasering people in order to end the fight)[/i] LOTS of potential problems and potentially MORE shooting in schools than caused by outsiders coming in if weapons are available and NOT under the control of the Principal or Office. Our State Attorney General yesterday said it was OK under out laws IF the local school board set out a policy AND the guns were KEPT LOCKED UP but quickly available to TRAINED teachers or staff, people who have been through the full Peace Officer Training/Certification Program. (which is a LOT more involved than just a CCW Permit) [/quote]
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I heard Arizona is also considering it to in the wake of you-know-what.
Let Teachers Carry Guns? Some State Lawmakers Say Yes
By Mark Memmott
published on Wed December 19, 2012 12:52 pm
There are reports from a variety of states about local lawmakers who want to give teachers the right to bring guns to school. They're making the case that school shootings such as the one Friday in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 small children and six adults dead could be prevented or stopped if some school staffers were armed.
Monday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) said that teachers with licenses to carry concealed handguns should have "access to weapons in their school."
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