Posted on 04/24/2017 11:44:27 AM PDT by richardb72
Gov. Wolf wants to protect schools from mass public shootings by hiring “trained security professionals like school resource or police officers.” But a bill passed last week by the Senate Education Committee would allow school boards to let staff carry on school property as long as they have a concealed handgun permit and have gone through police-related firearms training. Wolf has already promised to veto the bill.
The governor should reconsider. Letting teachers and staff carry concealed handguns is nothing new in the United States, and there has been good reason for allowing it. Police virtually always arrive after an attack has occurred. Police are very important to fighting crime, but stopping mass public shootings is a uniquely difficult challenge.
For police and security guards, wearing a uniform is often akin to wearing a neon sign saying “Shoot me first,” making them easy targets for attackers. The benefit of concealed carry is that the attackers won’t know who is a threat to them. In addition, putting police in schools is also incredibly costly, much more so than staff and volunteers who are already working at the schools.
The fear of ending “gun-free zones” is misplaced. Prior to the early 1990s, states that allowed concealed carry didn’t have any special restrictions concerning carrying on K-12 property. And there weren’t any problems.
Twenty-four states now allow teachers and staff to carry, though the rules vary across states. Alabama, Utah, New Hampshire, and parts of Oregon leave it up to the teachers and staff to carry. The rules in other states are more similar to the Pennsylvania Senate bill and require the approval of the superintendent or the school board, For example, in neighboring Ohio, at least 40 school districts allow teachers to carry.
A common fear has been . . .
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If the Sandy Hook School faculty could have a do-over, I’d bet they would have preferred to have faced down Adam Lanza with a gun of their own.
...Gov. Wolf wants to protect schools from mass public shootings by hiring “trained security professionals like school resource or police officers.”...
Generally, police arrive in minutes when seconds count. How many people can be shot in a minute, two minutes, or three minutes? Police usually don’t get there even that fast. Columbine had armed security, but he was off campus eating lunch when that started. However, schools that are “gun free” make liberals feel good.
I want the dumbass to veto it.
That will pretty much seal his fate in the next election.
Sick anti gun politics put ahead of kids safety. Liberals don’t give a damn when their policies kill people.
At Columbine it was well over 2 hours before the SWAT Team went inside the building.
...At Columbine it was well over 2 hours before the SWAT Team went inside the building....
And when the armed guard, whom I believe was a deputy sheriff, arrived back, the shootings were well underway and he was pinned down behind his car in the parking lot by shots coming from second story windows overlooking it.
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