Sarcasm or Serious?

[Bailey Guns]

If this guy is being sarcastic, OK...I get it.

Unfortunately, I fear he's quite serious. What do you think?

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ed..._self_defense/

Guns, teachers, and self-defense

December 28, 2009

I am a math teacher at Brockton High School, the site of a school shooting earlier this month.

Current school security procedures lock down school populations in the event of armed assault. Some advocate abandoning this practice as it holds everyone in place, allowing a shooter easily to find victims.

An alternative to lockdown is immediate exodus via announcement. Although this removes potential hostages and makes it nearly impossible for the shooter to acquire preselected targets, it unfairly rewards resourceful children who move to safety off-site more shrewdly and efficiently than others. Schools should level playing fields, not intrinsically reward those more resourceful. A level barrel is fair to all fish.

Some propose overturning laws that made schools gun-free zones even for teachers who may be licensed to securely carry concealed firearms elsewhere. They argue that barring licensed-carry only ensures a defenseless, target-rich environment.

But as a progressive, I would sooner lay my child to rest than succumb to the belief that the use of a gun for self-defense is somehow not in itself a gun crime.


DOUG VAN GORDER
Quincy

[funkfool]

"...the use of a gun for self-defense is somehow not in itself a gun crime."
WTF?
So, to go along the same lines...
The use of a knife (scalpel) to save a life is a knife crime??

[Irving]

So he's basically saying he'd use his kid as a human shield before he'd use a gun to neutralize a threat. Sure dude, suit yourself. I'll keep my kids behind me, thanks.

[Bailey Guns]

To be fair, Stuart, there's nothing wrong with human shields. For example, I'd be more than happy to use this knucking fucklehead as a human shield.

[Irving]

Boy do I have a video for you....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqj2AHRfSAQ

[Bailey Guns]

Boy do I have a video for you....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqj2AHRfSAQ

Well now that just wasn't fair. Everyone should be equally exposed to the grenade explosion.

[Irving]

I tried to come up with a "He who smelt it, delt it" joke out of this, but I gave up.

[Elhuero]

never mind

[Birddog1911]

Frankly, I'm dumbfounded to say anything that probably wouldn't be a COC violation, other than the fact that I'm glad that I do not have children.

[theGinsue]

That is a tough article to understand for me. It seems like the unfair rewarding of kids who hide effectively is clearly sarcasm, but that last part isn't delivered quite the same way and leaves me wondering. I can see why you brought it up.

After living with those MASSholes, and trying to navigate through this gentleman's (cough, cough) poorly written article, I believe this was written with sincerity, not sarcasm. Sick bastard.


Good response SA!