Texas officials about teachers: Arm them!

[mikec]

A gun fight in a school with a common CHL holder?... Please

Agreed. Much better to leave them all unarmed, and to let the children be slaughtered.

[Baron Von Crowder]

It is valid, because in this case that we are speaking of means that we want our teachers to "police" the schools. Again, I'm all for it, BUT with advanced training.

no, Im completely against having teachers with firearms and instructions to use them. You are out of line with that. They are there to teach, not be armed responce.

The only reason that those who are school employees that are capable to defend THEMSELVES and thier classrooms arent allowed to is by state law. I dont want my wife to be required to step into harms way becasue she is armed.

[BlackSnake]

You have CHL holders around your kids and grandkids everyday, everywhere except schools. Your argument is invalid.



DING!

It is valid, because in this case that we are speaking of means that we want our teachers to "police" the schools. Again, I'm all for it, BUT with advanced training.

[KBScobravert]

My fiance is a 1st grade teacher and will not touch a gun. I have tried and tried to teach her to shoot, she won't.

Let someone else teach her. They are crazy like that sometimes and don't want to listen to the words you are actually saying. Put them with someone else and they will hear everything. Shootsmart has private instructors that are very good at taking the husband out of the equation. Heck they have a couple women instructors that can out shoot 90% of the guys on here.



Arm the teachers. Concealed means concealed. Have quick reaction drills for active shooters and small caches controlled by trustee teachers and admin to augment everyday carry teachers. All undisclosed. Cache = Cell phone, shotgun, distinquishable jacket and equiv. of a combat life savers bag. Shcool board buys membership to indoor range and training ammo each year and works out discounts with ranges for supplimental training.

I for one would gladly accept the tax increase and my daughter won't be in school for 6 years.

[Baron Von Crowder]

I personally don't wont just any pistol packing CHL holder without advanced training to protect my kids or grandkids. We put our kids at risk from both the shooter and the CHL carrier.

The CHL was designed for personal protection. Not so much for the protection of others even though it has some merit to protect others. Police and Military training is more geared for the protection of others and train regularly with different sceneries of hostile situations.

A gun fight in a school with a common CHL holder?... Please

You have CHL holders around your kids and grandkids everyday, everywhere except schools. Your argument is invalid.

Who cares if not every teacher knows how to use it.

The whole thing is the sick fucks will know that they are not the only gun in the building. These attacks are about easy targets.

DING!

[Sleeper]

Who cares if not every teacher knows how to use it.

The whole thing is the sick fucks will know that they are not the only gun in the building. These attacks are about easy targets.

[BlackSnake]

Let's also be realistic. How many known PTSD cases are out there? How many current active duty military and veterans have PTSD and haven't been diagnosed or refuse to acknowledge they have it? That's the type of fight you're up against when you start asking to put trained military personnel in a noncombat school environment. I'm not saying it couldn't be an option, but I think the screening process would have to be very in depth in order to appease the liberals.

Very true.

[BlackSnake]

I personally don't wont just any pistol packing CHL holder without advanced training to protect my kids or grandkids. We put our kids at risk from both the shooter and the CHL carrier.

The CHL was designed for personal protection. Not so much for the protection of others even though it has some merit to protect others. Police and Military training is more geared for the protection of others and train regularly with different sceneries of hostile situations.

A gun fight in a school with a common CHL holder?... Please

[Baron Von Crowder]

I hope none of the kids are dumb enough to find a holder, attack him/her, and boom all this is gone.

That is the sole reasoning behind my "dont ask dont tell" idea if they were allowed to carry.

[Lone Sailor]

Agreed, but I'd still implement armed veterans.

Let's also be realistic. How many known PTSD cases are out there? How many current active duty military and veterans have PTSD and haven't been diagnosed or refuse to acknowledge they have it? That's the type of fight you're up against when you start asking to put trained military personnel in a noncombat school environment. I'm not saying it couldn't be an option, but I think the screening process would have to be very in depth in order to appease the liberals.

[big_tiger]

I hope none of the kids are dumb enough to find a holder, attack him/her, and boom all this is gone.

[Machx2]

He probably just knows a lot of teachers. My wife is a teacher, and she not any of her colleagues would be worth a shit at this... I even proposed that I thought teachers should be trained and armed and she stared at me like I was from mars.

I'm sure there are a few male coaches who would be down and some are better than none, but I agree with Wayne based on my interaction with teachers k-12 over the past 7yrs

My fiance is a 1st grade teacher and will not touch a gun. I have tried and tried to teach her to shoot, she won't.

[mikec]

He probably just knows a lot of teachers. My wife is a teacher, and she not any of her colleagues would be worth a shit at this... I even proposed that I thought teachers should be trained and armed and she stared at me like I was from mars.

I'm sure there are a few male coaches who would be down and some are better than none, but I agree with Wayne based on my interaction with teachers k-12 over the past 7yrs

heck, I know a lot of them too, and know of at least a dozen in this district that would be fine. my thoughts are that with this happening as frequently as it is, more of them will be interested and should be given the chance...

[Forever_frost]

Damnit if you aren't awesome

you put me with a weapon in the same school as a gunman who is moving toward my son's class and I guarantee you the man will be dead

[Baron Von Crowder]

He probably just knows a lot of teachers. My wife is a teacher, and she not any of her colleagues would be worth a shit at this... I even proposed that I thought teachers should be trained and armed and she stared at me like I was from mars.

I'm sure there are a few male coaches who would be down and some are better than none, but I agree with Wayne based on my interaction with teachers k-12 over the past 7yrs

The vast majority of educators are liberals. And most havent learned to shoot or have a CHL. Its the ones that do shoot, or would get a CHL that would be the ones to do it.

The highschool that my wife and MIL teach at have 2 school resource officers. They have ~220 teachers. Id like thier to be more than just two people, who generally are in the main office, that have the potential to stop a shooter if that person walked into thier classroom.

I also dont think that they should be required to confront a shooter. I'm not required to as a CHL holder, why should they?