I agree RonC. The emphasis should be on ‘those who want to carry’. Some folks aren’t up to it, and I think we should allow for that.
IMO, if even five to ten teachers sign on to carry per school, a warning at the front door goes a hell of a long way. And what’s more, I wouldn’t need compensation to get me to do this. I would think of it as my duty.
“Our staff is armed, trained, and determined to use lethal force in defense of our students!”
“If you walk into our school armed with intent to cause harm or mayhem, you will not walk out, and we will possess your gun when you are scraped up and carried off.”
Agree with that! Those who want to will be willing to spend time perfecting their skills with a gun.
Several of my teachers 'carried' and two taught marksmanship at the local gun range - both of those guys were VERY good.
and another added benefit is a the perp wouldn’t know which teacher is armed....as opposed to the uniformed guard at the front door that only serves as the 1st victim and gets the adrenalin flowing for the killer...
“Our staff is armed, trained, and determined to use lethal force in defense of our students!”
I would like to add that it should be a written policy within the district that those teachers who are certified and armed while on the job at the school where they work, and functions outside the premises with their students, should be kept extremely confidential, and under penalty of termination, if even a question (or opposition) is raised by any staff member no matter what their opinion, or reason for the inquiry...
Loose lips sink ships...And gets people and kids killed!!!
The reason being is tht unless you understand the culture of teachers today,they are not like what some of us are used to...I know, my wife is one, and some the folks she works with are a bunch of nervous ninnies right now, and it is a vicious, vindictive community with factions (groups) that if even the question is asked who are these armed teachers in their midst, the armed teachers WILL be ostrasized, scrutinized in a very prejudical manner...
I believe the only ones that need to know, are the teachers themselves, and administrators who are armed...So that they do not take shots at one another in a crisis situation...The Principal of the school, and the district administration who keep the names and certifications secret from the rest of the district...
No one (other teachers and administrators) needs to converse, ask, or assume, under penalty of termination, any adult who might be under those parameters of this effort to secure and make these schools a HARD target to even the most deranged idiot who contemplates such an abhorant act...
My wife DOES have a current Texas CHL, and one of her buddies there at the school where she works has asked me to get her up to speed on that certification at the start of this next year...
The state of Texas needs to allow all teachers and school officials who choose to accomplish this task, a no charge permit (CHL) or at least a severely reduced fee to allow this to not be a block to those that want to do this...
I believe Gov. Perry would be amiable to this idea, as he has stated that teachers should be armed while on the clock at their schools...
I believe that if there are teachers opposed to this idea, then they are free to go and work someplace where they believe no one is armed, and continue with their careers...
Just my opinion...