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In reply to the discussion: ‘Armed Teacher Training Program’ Launches In 15 States [View all]mbperrin
(7,672 posts)8. Armed guards, or in the case of our district, trained sworn officers, makes some sense.
"Saving" money by making teachers be guards as well is incredibly dangerous and really just provides a ready weapon for gang members, for one. For two, it mixes up the student idea of who and what a teacher is.
I'll retire before anyone makes me do this. And I love my job right now.
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It's ok. There may be thirty or so children in the room, but they're small targets. nt
onehandle
Jan 2013
#3
actually, that comment isn't so far off. The ones you speak about are soldiers
roguevalley
Jan 2013
#32
Well, yeah, but we men do need to be careful how we handle women, most of us.
bemildred
Jan 2013
#67
Money talks. Anyone else see a connection between Big War and the gun nuts?
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#6
Armed guards, or in the case of our district, trained sworn officers, makes some sense.
mbperrin
Jan 2013
#8
How about a pre-school teacher who is unarmed but has been trained in how to disarm a gunman?
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#57
If teacher have to be cops/soldiers/Rambo in addition to all of their teaching duties...
NYC Liberal
Jan 2013
#25
Can the non-carry teachers demand a separate lounge? I would think their odds of dying
jtuck004
Jan 2013
#26
Beats being delusional. Within the past couple years I can remember people dying
jtuck004
Jan 2013
#69
The mind-set, tactics, and other aspects of self-defense training are more important than the weapon
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#54
Meh. Nothing wrong with the course, and no school boards will really approve anything
Recursion
Jan 2013
#51
You are assuming that these schools springing up are going to have legitimate programs for
yellowcanine
Jan 2013
#60
The thinkprogress article is as usual short on specifics, but examples I've seen in other sources...
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#61