Originally Posted By jonvn What good does that do when someone shows up with a machine gun and breaks in? That's what happened in these last couple of nasty things that happened. It wasn't the kids doing the killing.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy (just for that I'm gonna do 3 full reps of each set at the gym tonight, so ha! ["small-caliber" indeed, *grumblegrumble*]) Yeah, I agree. Heck, it might be easier for just every kid to be homeschooled---though incredibly unrealistic, lol.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy jonvn, that's why I'm wondering if they could get more security guards on school grounds.
Originally Posted By knightnfrees <<it might be easier for just every kid to be homeschooled---though incredibly unrealistic>> Getting all parents to get teaching credentials...Yep, incredibly unrealistic. Sad, but true.
Originally Posted By jonvn You don't need a teaching credential to do home schooling. And what sort of security guards at a school are going to stop someone from bursting in with a machine gun? I am not sure that this is the way to stop these sorts of things from happening.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <And what sort of security guards at a school are going to stop someone from bursting in with a machine gun? > Ones with guns themselves. Hey, at least it would be a distraction to the killer if nothing else.
Originally Posted By jonvn All one would need to do is kill the guard, and run into a classroom, and there you have it. How many guards do you think there would be? One for each building? Several for each hallway? One for the hallway and one in each room?
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy One for each entrance would be nice. And cops patrolling the grounds in cruisers.
Originally Posted By jonvn The grounds of elementary schools? IN cruisers? How big do you think these schools are? I think you'd have to start to count up the number of guards you're talking about here. I think you might see that what you are suggesting is not wholly practical.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Fine, have 1 or 2 at smaller schools. I didn't say anything was a definite solution, just coming up with ideas/ideals.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg I can't imagine sending a child to school where security guards and metal detectors are necessary for safety. I relize that if a person is sick enough to want to cause harm to a child then it could happen anywhere, but it just makes me wonder about the sad state of the world right now. To answer the original question. No, teachers should absolutly not be armed. This would only open the door for accidents and the weapon to be stolen. It also sets a bad example in my opinion. By the teacher having a gun we would be teaching kids that the only way they can be safe in the world is to be armed.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I'd say no. Back in 1972 during my freshman year of high school in Chicago, we had two full time on campus cops. People were still being thrown through plate glass windows anyway. I ended up graduating in 1976 from El Toro High School. In 1978, one of my El Toro algebra teachers entered the school district office and shot the place up. No one was hurt, thankfully. In the early 80's, one of my Administration of Justice professors, a former police officer, from Saddleback College laid in wait for his estranged wife to come home from a date. He emptied his gun into her and then waited for the cops to arrive. He's now in Folsom doing life. I'm not so sure giving teachers guns is a good idea.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <I'd say no. Back in 1972 during my freshman year of high school in Chicago, we had two full time on campus cops. < year I gradiuated HS here in Chicago also, and we already had 1 entrance - frisked on entry - full time riot police on each floor of the building - and we still had major issues. arming the teachers - yikes !
