Wise Old Owl
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i have to chime in here with Gitana1 about arming teachers.
NO NO AND A GREAT BIG HELLO NO!!!!
And here's why-
First, yes, I've been involved in a school shooting. LONG time ago - and no, no one was shot. It was a drive-by on the street right next to the school. The school had a walkway right along the path of the street (campus was fenced) but this walkway was close to (could have been an actual sidewalk for the street - that's how close).
My students were lining up on that sidewalk when another teacher from further down came running yelling "shooter". I was in the doorway of my room and I actually saw the muzzle blasts.
DON'T ARM TEACHERS.
When you are in a school shooting situation - in the moment - it is CHAOS. People and kids screaming, everyone is running. Now you have an armed teacher - they can't carry - so they have to go get the gun. LE is being summoned and depending where they are they could be there fast. MORE CHAOS. LE is coming into that school HOT - guns drawn. ANY person coming around a corner with a gun in hand - well, those cops are going to shoot first and ask questions later. LE is not going to know who the designated carriers are in the school. If you start to arm teachers - you are going to end up with teachers being shot by LE> I guarantee it!!!!
JMHO
NO NO AND A GREAT BIG HELLO NO!!!!
And here's why-
First, yes, I've been involved in a school shooting. LONG time ago - and no, no one was shot. It was a drive-by on the street right next to the school. The school had a walkway right along the path of the street (campus was fenced) but this walkway was close to (could have been an actual sidewalk for the street - that's how close).
My students were lining up on that sidewalk when another teacher from further down came running yelling "shooter". I was in the doorway of my room and I actually saw the muzzle blasts.
DON'T ARM TEACHERS.
When you are in a school shooting situation - in the moment - it is CHAOS. People and kids screaming, everyone is running. Now you have an armed teacher - they can't carry - so they have to go get the gun. LE is being summoned and depending where they are they could be there fast. MORE CHAOS. LE is coming into that school HOT - guns drawn. ANY person coming around a corner with a gun in hand - well, those cops are going to shoot first and ask questions later. LE is not going to know who the designated carriers are in the school. If you start to arm teachers - you are going to end up with teachers being shot by LE> I guarantee it!!!!
JMHO
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