Just to be clear:
No one is proposing that we forcibly arm all teaches.
You can be agasint having any teaches carry a gun. That’s a fine opinion to have, but let’s agree on the actual proposal. The proposal is: If a teacher WANTS to carry a concealed weapon, they would be allowed to.
The debate is begin framed as if the government is going to FORCE every teacher to carry a gun.
This is Paul Farhi form the Washington Post:
“Let’s do some math: There are about 100,000 public schools in the U.S. and 3.2 million teachers. If you armed all 3.2 million teachers in all those schools, how many accidents would occur? How many deaths and injuries would result from those accidents?…
So, your math question, class: Would the introduction of 3.2 million guns into schools *prevent* more death and injury, or would it introduce a potentionally deadly and injurious new element into them?”
Paul, no one is proposing what you’re arguing against.
Again, you can be against having any teachers carry a gun in school, but don’t make stuff up to be agasint.
I was with some law enforcement friends the other day. One of them was eating Chipotle and another guy said, “You know they have a law enforcement disount.” He responded, “Ya, but you have a show of force.”
I asked what that means.
“You have to be in uniform and guns showing to get the discount.”
Meaning, the discount isn’t so much to “support our first responders”. It’s to get more police officers in the restaurant.
Free security.
It’s good for business to have police officers wandering in and out all the time.
It’s a deterrent.
That’s all this woudl be with maybe a few teachers choosing to carry guns. Someone wrote on my Facebook page that thier daughter’s teacher is a Marine. Why should he not be allowed to carry if he wants?