A post about protecting these kids in these schools

[Irving]

I have giving the option of arming teachers another thought and in my opinion it is a bad idea. I know people that work in the school district and know a lot of teachers that in their opinion should not be teaching let alone have a gun. My reasoning behind this is all it would take is one unstable teacher to lose his marbles and shoot up the whole class room. I know there can be BC on people to see if they qualify to posses a handgun on school grounds but even that is not a guaranty, it would also cut down on a lot of potential applicants that would probably make good teachers (mainly talking about people that are against guns) also the teachers job is to teach.

It seems to not have occurred to you that the exact same could be said about any of your security personnel. I have a little experience with non-armed security, and I wouldn't want ANY of those people anywhere near my kid.

I have a question just to clarify. I *think* what you suggest is that laws prohibiting firearms on campuses be rescinded so that anyone who has CCW or even open carry would be available to whomever on school grounds. Your premise would seem to be that the deterrent effect of removing a gun-free zone would be sufficient to reduce these tragedies. Do I understand your point correctly?

Essentially, yes, that is what I am suggesting. In most cases, no one is in a better position to protect people, than the people themselves. Police are great at protecting people, if they happen to be there. To address your concerns about people thinking that I am suggesting arming 6 year-olds, I disagree. If I advocate that families have the opportunity to provide their own protection, no one will suggest that I am hinting at arming my five year-old in order to protect my family, over myself and my wife doing the protecting.