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In reply to the discussion: Oklahoma Will Consider Law Allowing Teachers To Bring Guns To School [View all]kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)18. These bigoted, funddie folks are already unbalanced.
Allowing them to pack heat in school is whacko squared!!! Teachers shooting kids they don't like, students shooting teachers they don't like. Couple all these guns in states with "stand-your-ground' laws and we have a nation on the brink of self-destruction.
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Should they carry in the open so the kids should see it? Or should they keep it locked
neverforget
Dec 2012
#47
Have they considered the possibility of a kid stealing a gun from a teacher and using it?
yellowcanine
Dec 2012
#6
I agree. Even well trained active police officers would be challenged in that situation.
yellowcanine
Dec 2012
#11
I can't see many first grade teachers choosing to carry a gun in the classroom. - n/t
BrightKnight
Dec 2012
#22
Instead of dumping the gun responsibility on their warhorse teachers, they could take a look at
ancianita
Dec 2012
#27
And give them a white belt and a stop sign on a stick and post them at crosswalks too!
Walk away
Dec 2012
#39