Should Teachers Carry Weapons??

[CarlosDJackal]

I think any decent citizen should be able to carry a weapon. Policemen, teachers, or whomever deserve no more right to protect themselves then you or me. If I can't legally carry a weapon to defend myself and the people I care about than neither should they.

I am getting so fed up with this type of selfish B.S. thinking. Let me make things very clear that I am all for allowing EVERY LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN TO OWN AND CARRY whatever may be necessary for them to defend themselves, their loved ones, and their property. Even if this means having a minigun mounted on the hood of their minivan (as some jurisdictions dictate).

But what we are talking about here is allowing teachers to carry a handgun in school not just so they can defend themselves, but so they can defend their students in case of an active killer. This will be one of the sticking points, how many school teachers would be willing to rush towards the sound of gunfire instead staying put? How many school teachers would be willing to risk the added liability of having their gun around curious school children? How many schools and education boards would be willing to face lawsuits that WILL arise in case of a shooting (justified or otherwise)?

I personally feel that as long as the teachers are willing and capable of doing what is expected of them, then I see no problem with arming them.

The reason Law Enforcement Officers are allowed to carry a handgun even in the most anti-gun jurisdiction is because they have a "duty to protect the innocent from death or serious bodily harm". You on the other hand, do not have to responding to a 911 call of some crazed and armed individual who is robbing an gas station or just killing anyone who appears before their gunsight. You do not have to respond to any domestic disputes or gang shootouts. We are expected to run towards the sound of gunfire when anyone else with any kind of sense would be running in the opposite direction.

If you want to carry a gun, give up your current job and apply at your local Law Enforcement Agency and see just how many "priveleges and perks" are awaiting you on the other side of the badge. If the pay cut doesn't surprise you, the incredible number of know-it-alls in the general public might.

JM2CW.

[DBautista]

I have been observing this thread for quite a while, and I must say, any individual that has been properly trained to use/handle a firearm...

LET THEM.

I teach third grade in one of the best communities in Virginia Beach, ask M4arc, and still have a gun stowed away in my truck. I feel "safer".

Its all about being proactive. Not reactive.

[graffex]

I am getting so fed up with this type of selfish B.S. thinking. Let me make things very clear that I am all for allowing EVERY LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN TO OWN AND CARRY whatever may be necessary for them to defend themselves, their loved ones, and their property. Even if this means having a minigun mounted on the hood of their minivan (as some jurisdictions dictate).

Then whats the problem

The only way to ensure your safe is to protect yourself. Not rely on someone else, be it police or whomever. Relying on someone else is foolish, no one cares about your safety more than yourself. There is nothing selfish about it.

[rhino]

The reason Law Enforcement Officers are allowed to carry a handgun even in the most anti-gun jurisdiction is because they have a "duty to protect the innocent from death or serious bodily harm".

The duty of the police is to enforce the law and perhaps "protect the public" in a general sense (in some jurisdictions). However, there is no jurisdiction in the USA where the police have a duty/obligation to protect any individual.

[9301]

Brown v. United States says the right of a man to stand his ground and defend himself when attacked with a deadly weapon, even to the extent of taking his assailant's life, depends upon whether he reasonably believes that he is in immediate danger of death or grievous bodily harm from his assailant, and not upon the detached test whether a man of reasonable prudence, so situated, might not think it possible to fly with safety or to disable his assailant, rather than kill him.