Arm us teachers, but with pepper spray (barf alert)

Dallas News ^ | 3/26/2018 | Marti Harvey

[simpson96]

I'm all for arming teachers, but not with guns.

Arm teachers with key chain pepper spray containers.

You may have seen them. They're about the size of a lipstick; they attach to a purse, key chain, backpack or belt; and they come in cute colors. They can shoot streams up to 12 feet and fill a room with noxious gas in nothing flat. They require little training. And they don't usually kill people.(snip)

A key chain pepper spray container could be at my fingertips. I could use it within seconds.

Even if a gun was accessible, who would be willing to use it? Possibly against a current or former student? I don't know that I can answer that question, and, quite frankly, I don't want to have to find out.

[TomGuy]

And they [pepper sprays] don't usually kill people.

"Usually", but not always. Since 1990 at least 61 deaths were associated with police use of pepper spray. [Based on a quick Google search.]

[Gamecock]

Aren’t this the same people who claim that a pistol will be ineffective against a military grade semi-automatic assault rifle?

[Forward the Light Brigade]

How about arming teachers with Gas Guns like the Green Hornet had—knock out anyone but not kill them. It might blind them and make them less able to shoot folks. Teachers would be more apt to use these rather than a firearms.

[i_robot73]

Tranq guns?

Just another ‘high on PCP, shrug it off and keep coming’, like the pepper spray/etc.?

[so_real]

We've moved from a bucket of stones, skipped spears, and went right to pepper spray. Thankfully this is moving a little faster than the evolution of humanity. The intelligent folks should be along to press for firearms soon.

[rfp1234]

[VietVet876]

If you spray the pepper down the throat of the perp and hold his mouth shut, that should do it.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

And everyone has a right to Bear Arms.

[Col Freeper]

Stop it,just stop it!

You using logical thinking is just gonna cause Ms. Harvey to be triggered, and maybe cause Her to put Her eye out with Her kewl, color coordinated, pepper spray on a key chain.

[pabianice]

I like the Libtard idea of arming five-year-olds with rocks to take-down a shooter. /S

[moovova]

“They can shoot streams up to 12 feet....”

Otherwise known as close quarters combat pepper spray.

[Mastador1]

Bear spray would be better than nothing.

Really? And if the perp was aware of the bear spray or pepper spray and wore a gas mask? And what about students that might be seriously affected possibly even have a deadly reaction to the sprays? Our kids can'rt take P-nut butter treats to school because of the potential risk but we don't give a damn about pepper spraying them to death? Cool!

[vpintheak]

Sure. Because pepper spray stops bullets. Especially when someone is really, really, PO’d they just got pepper sprayed. Then it stops bullets real good.

[CodeToad]

So, what you’re saying is that peanut butter spray would be an effective deterrent against these snowflakes?? Perfect!

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Beats nothing