Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school? (Poll to freep

My brother is active duty up at Patrick AFB. He's a PJ in the AF. I was a bit worried about my niece and nephew per your comments about the tough schools. I'll hopefully be out there for a visit next spring.

Many freepers to look up when I get time to travel to yer state..... Joe Brower, Conservative lawyer, AAAbest ect ect. Maybe we can all meet for a cold cervesa and a meet and greet. Even get some range time in possibly.

Stay Safe !

Your post is consistent with my own thoughts. A gun in the hands of someone who is not prepared to use it is a gun that is likely to be taken away by one of the bad guys and use for evil purposes.

If I ran a school, I would allow teachers to apply, qualify, and be trained to carry on campus. It would be their duty -- part of their unofficial job description -- to carry and to respond to threats. I would try to keep the ratio of carriers to something like 10%. AND the identity of the carriers would be known only to the principal and his assistants. That way, no one intent on evildoing could "take out" the armed personnel and maybe get a gun that way because they simply wouldn't know who they were.

Because it wouldn't be just teachers. The little gray haired librarian, a janitor, that lunchroom lady -- it could be anybody. That's the beauty of concealed carry. The bad guys have to guess who's carrying and who's not.

Now that's the kind of achool that I would want my child to go to. I would also like to see airlines adopt the same approach.

"Maybe we can all meet for a cold cervesa and a meet and greet. Even get some range time in possibly."

THAT would be awesome! I could possibly travel as far north as West Palm Beach for that! Give me a heads up when the times draws near.

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