Should we arm teachers and professors?

Deleted · August 07, 2017, 04:08:12 PM

Quote from: Kitsune 狐 on August 07, 2017, 03:58:42 PM

Quote from: Flee on August 07, 2017, 03:52:02 PM
I think it's a solution that both overestimates the effectiveness of armed teachers in these situations and underestimates the potential risks that come with it. The case in favor of their effectiveness seems pretty flimsy, and I imagine that the costs and logistics are pretty prohibitive, not to even touch upon the risks of a teacher misusing it or a student getting his hands on the gun.

>training

Why do people assume training just automatically means a person with a gun wont misuse it.

Flee · August 07, 2017, 04:09:59 PM

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Deleted · August 07, 2017, 04:11:24 PM

"This person is a sociopath/irrisponsible/compulsive/and or has anger issues, but don't worry guys we trained him in gun safety, now he won't hurt anyone."

Elai · August 07, 2017, 04:17:50 PM

for every reasonable gun nut theres about 1.5 hundred thousand retards

Deleted · August 07, 2017, 04:21:31 PM

Don't you feel so much safer now that we trained the potential mass murderer on how to properly use their firearm?

Super Irish · August 07, 2017, 04:38:56 PM

Terrible idea.

Adding more weapons to the area will only increase the chance of a shooting, be it accidental, teacher-gone-postal, or just an assailant getting the drop on an armed teacher and making use of it. If they're all armed, why bother with the hassle of getting one in the building when you can just take theirs?

maverick · August 07, 2017, 04:57:46 PM

Some of you guys should refer to my first post for the practical application of this. It's not like they'd be letting some random substitute walk in with a magnum and they're obviously kept locked up. If a teacher brought one out during class, they'd probably just get fired.