Posted on 02/27/2018 2:08:55 PM PST by Kaslin
We've heard a whole range of reasons for why individuals are opposed to arming trained teachers in schools after President Trump suggested it as a way to stop would be school shooters. Some of those explanations have been a bit more irrational than others. For instance, Matt reported on MSNBC anchor Lawrence O'Donnell suggesting handgun bullets simply don't move fast enough to stop a gunman.
We now have this hot take from CNN Senior Law Enforcement Analyst Tom Fuentes, who argued Monday that women can't conceal carry because it would not work with their wardrobes. He used Sandy Hook Elementary, where 20 children and six adults were slain in 2012, as an example.
CNN Analyst: Women Can't Carry Guns, Because They Wear Skirts and Dresses
“Sandy Hook had an all-female faculty, from principal to teachers,” Fuentes said. “For a woman, where are you going to hide that gun during the day?”
"You can't put it in your desk drawer," he continued. "If you wear a dress, if you wear a skirt, you're going to have to wear a jacket every day, with a belt and a holster the way a detective on duty would do."
Female gun owners responded to Fuentes's "sexist" comments, informing him that there are other pieces of apparel in their closets than dresses and skirts.
Nothing sexist or denigrating in THIS statement by Tom Fuentes on CNN. Sir, have you ever heard of pants? They actually started making them for women a number of years back. We even use IWB holsters and everything??????@WellArmedWoman @USCCA@nrawomen #NRA#CCW pic.twitter.com/1Zd3SCml7r— ARMED and Feminine (@ArmedFeminine) February 25, 2018
Meanwhile, YouTube users informed Fuentes that the millions of women who have long had their concealed carry permits are by now well adept on how to use them.
"There are multiple holster options for women wearing dresses, but I would not expect someone who is obviously anti-gun to know this," one YouTube commenter wrote. "Also, do you think that a female teacher that chooses to be armed might decide to wear clothing that allows for more easily concealed carry? Or does he not think women are intelligent enough to make those decisions and only know how to wear dresses?"
And this comment from a YouTube user aptly named, concealcarrygirl.
"How mighty sexist of you!" she wrote. "My whole channel is about showing women how to conceal in any outfit, including dresses! You'd be surprised just how many women are walking around with a gun on their person. What a moron.?"
Why can’t you lock them in a safe in the desk or closet?
These arguments defy the movement to harden the target of a school building.
No one ever said all teachers should be trained in fire arms. Nor have they said defense ought to be laid upon the teachers - it could be retired military men.
such a hullabaloo over very little.
bkmk
If the one hero of this event, Aaron Feis, had a concealed carry, he and perhaps a dozen kids would still be alive today.
ARM THE AARONS!
The good ol' flashbang.
Fourths.
Nope...boycotted...
Ahh so! Now the democrats will say that that is an explanation of mooches bulggate pictures...
Not the ones I see. Most of them wear pants suits.
Not the ones I see. Most of them wear pants suits.
Laz would most certainly hit all three of them.
But is he up to it?
Finicky detail, probably reminding you of something you already know: Handgun (slow) bullets have about 1/3 of the velocity of “assault rifle” (fast) bullets, so they have about 1/9 of the kinetic energy of an “assault rifle” (fast) bullet of the same weight. E=0.5*m*v^2
My .45 has a 900 fps muzzle velocity, while my .308 is 2700 fps (and interestingly, the .45 and .308 have almost exactly the same weight bullets, for the ammo I shot most recently from each).
Then OPEN carry; you bozo!
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