Post by Clipper on Apr 24, 2024 22:47:48 GMT -5
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I have mixed feelings about the passage of this law. I need to read the actual law before saying yay or nay to the idea of arming teachers. I am a firm believer in being able to carry a firearm for self protection or protection of a person's family. I am NOT real comfortable with the idea of anyone but law enforcement carrying weapons in an environment where there is a dense population of students in hallways and classrooms.
Many children die in these school shootings while waiting for a police response and in some areas there are no school resource officers or the resource officers cover more than one building and may not be there when an incident occurs. That seems to be the suggested justification for arming a limited number of teachers to possibly take down a shooter before they are able to shoot large numbers of students and staff.
On the negative side, for a teacher to confront a shooter in the hallway or class room with students present there is a good chance innocent people will most likely be shot when the armed teacher and the school shooter exchange fire.
The idea of arming staff at schools is a subject for long and involved discussion, but to just let a teacher that has a carry permit carry a pistol inside the building without proper training is not a good idea. A person that is chosen to carry a weapon certainly needs to have a cool head and the marksmanship skills to make the well placed shot to eliminate the threat without hitting innocent people. In my opinion the true answer to the problem is to insure funding is available to have a well armed resource officer in every school building and for them to be provided with adequate armament to effectively take out a shooter. Something more suited to the task than the officer's sidearm.
It is a sad day when our children have any need to be protected by an armed protector in order to insure their safety while in school. Much more discussion needs to occur before just allowing teachers with gun permits to pack a handgun to work every day. The Tennessee law is brought about by the recent Nashville school shooting. I am sure it is discussed to some point in every community that suffers a school shooting.
Personally I would not want the responsibility for carrying a gun to protect students. I would not want to have to make the decision when to shoot or for shouldering the burden of risking the possibility of collateral victims to gunfire in the school environment.
The law has been passed, but the question is how many school systems will actually institute policy to arm any teachers. I hope that just because it is legal, school districts will give the idea a lot of deep thought and gain the approval of parents before instituting a policy even on a very limited basis. In my estimation a good security program that effectively limits access to the building's doors and windows during school hours, coupled with an armed resource officer is adequate for now.
I have mixed feelings about the passage of this law. I need to read the actual law before saying yay or nay to the idea of arming teachers. I am a firm believer in being able to carry a firearm for self protection or protection of a person's family. I am NOT real comfortable with the idea of anyone but law enforcement carrying weapons in an environment where there is a dense population of students in hallways and classrooms.
Many children die in these school shootings while waiting for a police response and in some areas there are no school resource officers or the resource officers cover more than one building and may not be there when an incident occurs. That seems to be the suggested justification for arming a limited number of teachers to possibly take down a shooter before they are able to shoot large numbers of students and staff.
On the negative side, for a teacher to confront a shooter in the hallway or class room with students present there is a good chance innocent people will most likely be shot when the armed teacher and the school shooter exchange fire.
The idea of arming staff at schools is a subject for long and involved discussion, but to just let a teacher that has a carry permit carry a pistol inside the building without proper training is not a good idea. A person that is chosen to carry a weapon certainly needs to have a cool head and the marksmanship skills to make the well placed shot to eliminate the threat without hitting innocent people. In my opinion the true answer to the problem is to insure funding is available to have a well armed resource officer in every school building and for them to be provided with adequate armament to effectively take out a shooter. Something more suited to the task than the officer's sidearm.
It is a sad day when our children have any need to be protected by an armed protector in order to insure their safety while in school. Much more discussion needs to occur before just allowing teachers with gun permits to pack a handgun to work every day. The Tennessee law is brought about by the recent Nashville school shooting. I am sure it is discussed to some point in every community that suffers a school shooting.
Personally I would not want the responsibility for carrying a gun to protect students. I would not want to have to make the decision when to shoot or for shouldering the burden of risking the possibility of collateral victims to gunfire in the school environment.
The law has been passed, but the question is how many school systems will actually institute policy to arm any teachers. I hope that just because it is legal, school districts will give the idea a lot of deep thought and gain the approval of parents before instituting a policy even on a very limited basis. In my estimation a good security program that effectively limits access to the building's doors and windows during school hours, coupled with an armed resource officer is adequate for now.
