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The only way to stop a school shooter is armed response.

Absolutely!!!  There is nothing more pointless… and dangerous… than bringing audacity of hope to a gunfight.

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

I would imagine the kids know which teachers to shot first, so they can have there guns also. Good idea.

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I would imagine the kids know which teachers to shot first, so they can have there guns also. Good idea.

I would hope the kids know the difference between past participle and present before they shot the teacher.

"we should select our leaders on principle first, electability second.”

A young man whose wisdom far exceeds his years

I would imagine the kids know which teachers to shot (sic) first, so they can have there (sic) guns also.

A fine example of an education that was shot!

Barack Obama: All hat and no cattle since 1997!

buzz:  Most kids who bring a weapon to school are planning to kill another student or as many students as they can target.

Most often, school administrators, teachers and even college profs - as at VT - are shot trying to protect others.

"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

The times, they are a-changin’...
Bob Dylan

I missed the second one, good catch Proof

"we should select our leaders on principle first, electability second.”

A young man whose wisdom far exceeds his years

Buzz - I would imagine the kids know which teachers to shot first, so they can have there guns also. Good idea.

You imagine and assume a lot of things. None of it good.

buzz:  Most kids who bring a weapon to school are planning to kill another student or as many students as they can target.

No shit Einstein, if a kid plans on killing some other kids they will now have to kill the teachers with guns first. Take there guns and then go about there killing spree. None of them plan on coming out of the school alive anyway, so what difference if few teachers or administrators get killed along the way.
Its a stupid idea to arm teachers, who have no training. It will simply add another gun to the melee.

Buy American, Buy Union Made… the job you save might be your own.

Would make life easier for substitute teachers.

“I’m your substitute Hygiene
teacher, sit down and shut up.

Buzzkiller; if a student or anyone else is planning on killing other students or teachers, then wouldn’t they have to be armed in the first place?

Also, note that this is a option for teachers not a mandate.  So, if a teacher wants to bring a weapon to school I think it is likely they would have some familiarity with using it.

No shit Einstein, if a kid plans on killing some other kids they will now have to kill the teachers with guns first. Take there guns and then go about there killing spree. None of them plan on coming out of the school alive anyway, so what difference if few teachers or administrators get killed along the way.
Its a stupid idea to arm teachers, who have no training. It will simply add another gun to the melee.

Any teachers with guns would have to have a CCW permit, which requires they be trained. Strike 1. Two, there’s no possible way the kids could know which teachers were armed, and which aren’t. Or if a teacher even has his gun that given day. Strike two. Teachers and administrators are already killed in school shootings anyways. The VA Tech guy only killed himself when he ran out of victims. He still had bullets left. Same deal in Columbine. Only they had bombs. So ammos not an issue. Strike 3.

Your entire proposition is moronic. Why is arming potential victims a bad idea? When has a shooter ever sought out a mass shooting space unarmed, needing to kill others for their weapons? Never you say? How many shootings have happened with armed victims around? A few, but the shooter is always killed by one of the armed “victims”. Or taken captive.

It’s obvious the no gun policy isn’t stopping shootings. So we’re trying something else. Just be honest and admit you don’t want them to have guns and don’t give a damn about the victims.

For the first time in my adult life, I am ashamed of my country.

Exactly right, Kenny.  Buzz seems to forget that had any VT student or professor been armed on the day of that tragedy, many lives might have been saved.

"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

The times, they are a-changin’...
Bob Dylan

Buzz - Its a stupid idea to arm teachers...

Who is arming these teachers?

You’re just talking out of your ass.

Principals, assistant principals, dept heads
should be issued bulletproof vests to protect
them from the faculty.

“You’re ordering me to teach new math?

You sonofabitch.

BOOM , BOOM, BOOM.

That’s three.

What’s that in base ten?”

You’re just talking out of your ass.

Ummm..could be his significant other, Armando, has decided there will be no more fisting until Obama is in orfice...just saying…

"we should select our leaders on principle first, electability second.”

A young man whose wisdom far exceeds his years

Principals, assistant principals, dept heads should be issued bulletproof vests to protect them from the faculty.

Nonsense!  They all belong to the same union.

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

An un-armed teacher wouldn’t be able to brandish the firearm......

Without an honest exchange of ideas, how can a mind grow?

You know how we know the metric system has really caught on?
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THe kids all carry 9mm’s to school.....

Without an honest exchange of ideas, how can a mind grow?

You know how we know the metric system has really caught on?

When the teachers start demanding their pay raises in Euros?

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

No shit Einstein, if a kid plans on killing some other kids they will now have to kill the teachers with guns first.

And how the fuck will they know which teachers those are?  Concealed weapons are… wait for it… concealed. 

Take there [sic] guns and then go about there [sic]killing spree.

What do you care?  From your grammar, it’s obvious you and teachers aren’t exactly on speaking terms.  As has been pointed out, if they’re on a killing spree, they’re ALREADY ARMED.  And an unarmed teacher who tries to help their students is, as we’ve seen, more likely to die.  I suppose you’d prefer that teachers just cower and hide with their students and pray for the State to come to their rescue.

None of them plan on coming out of the school alive anyway, so what difference if few teachers or administrators get killed along the way.

And htat’s different from their attitude in any other such spree how?  Meanwhile, how many artmed teachers, having already heard gunfire, are going to be caught unaware and surprised?  Loud popping sound down the hall?  Hmm.... must just be a science experiment....

Its a stupid idea to arm teachers, who have no training.

Right… no teacher who chooses to arm themselves would ever dream of taking a… wait for it… FIREARMS TRAINING COURSE. 

It will simply add another gun to the melee.

And guns are bad, except, of course, in the hands of our overlor… er… protectors....

I guess your right, it would be more sport to kill the ones with guns, another hurtle for the demented mind.

Buy American, Buy Union Made… the job you save might be your own.

Buzz, your an idiot.

I read your supposed thought on this, and had to shake my head in wonder how you think.

To own a firearm and be licensed, they would need to be trained.

The teachers that are carrying, would have a CONCEALED permit.

I highly doubt they would go around the classroom and say, see my gun.

Kids would not know who had a weapon and who didn’t, which makes it increasingly more difficult to walk in and think they can just shoot others like a fish in a pond. Some fish may shoot back - touble is...which ones.

Now, for a saner approach, not sure I agree with this notion of teachers carrying guns or not. Supposed school policy normally states not weapons allowed, hell I have seen them expell kids who bring a plastic knife to cut thier food with.

Besides, as much stress as these teachers are under, don’t need one of THEM to snap and whip out thier piece.

Is this school a cause for problems?
Known gang or trouble in the school?

I know, some will say Columbine never knew or was known for trouble…

Then perhaps adding more weapons to the mix is not the answer, but dealing with what causes these kids to want to bring a weapon to school and shoot everyone might be. Got a problem with bullies? Might want to look into that.

As I said, not sure where I stand on this. I agree things very well could have been different if those victims have been armed, but hindsight is always 20/20. Arming people and not dealing with the issues that cause the problems in the first place is not the solution.

Again, if teachers were stable people, I wouldn’t have a big issue with this, but given the stress they come under from kids and parents, sometimes I wonder.

I don’t know if this is a good idea or not at this point.

Buzz, your an idiot.

Yes he is…

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It is about dead gum time that let teachers carry a concealed weapon. This is long over due. Once again Texas gets it right!!

It could be a deterrent to would-be gunmen, they may look for a softer target - one where the odds are more in their favour. However, if they are bent on death in one form or another, they are more likely to go for the sniper or bomb option. It could make things decidedly more difficult for law enforcement.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

I guess your right, it would be more sport to kill the ones with guns, another hurtle for the demented mind.

Even though six people have shot this tripe down, the fool keeps repeating it....

For the first time in my adult life, I am ashamed of my country.

Maybe people should stop trying to make people look bad because they accidentally misspelled a word or two and get to the point.
Students won’t have to smuggle guns into the school. They are there for the taking. And not every teacher is a saint. What would happen if one decides to lock the door in their classroom and shoot all of their students? Don’t try to say that they have registered weapons and know they won’t get away with it. That’s common sense. Anyone who shoots students at a school knows they aren’t getting away with it. So tell me how we can trust the teachers not to do anything stupid and I’ll listen to you.