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Originally Posted by Leon
One small district in Texas already has teachers with guns....I know there isn't a perfect solution....but as I have said, if a bad person goes into my daughters school to cause tragedy I would rather the staff be able to defend our kiddos and themselves than not ....It's really just a preference. I am certainly open to better solutions.
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Interesting.
I'm thinking back to the teachers I had, and considering which ones I'd want to be in class with if things went bad.
Maybe 1/4 of them? probably much less. And I was in HS when a decent percentage of the male teachers were veterans of either WWII or Korea. The headmaster was a Marine reserve colonel, so he'd probably be ok.
The difficulty with guns for protection is that unless you're well trained, not just target, but simulations with moving and surprise targets and non-targets.
AND
You're absolutely willing to use it to kill someone.
If not, then it's a major liability. Many people react by freezing up or running.
Either takes the defending yourself out of the picture.
Steve B