People need to stop saying teachers should be armed
By NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116003)
United States
February 15, 2018 6:58pm CST
As if we don't already have enough to do. And, seriously? School budgets are so stretched as it is. There is no money for basic school supplies. Now suddenly there will be money for Glocks, ammunition, and regular training time at the range? 
I work in a high school. I'm pretty strong as I work out regularly but I am reasonably certain that an enraged teenager could disarm me if enraged enough. That sounds like a recipe for disaster. . . 200+ armed teachers in a building. Lots of opportunities for kids to obtain a weapon if they get pissed off enough.
The day I have to carry a weapon at work is the day that I quit my job. End of story.
I work in a high school. I'm pretty strong as I work out regularly but I am reasonably certain that an enraged teenager could disarm me if enraged enough. That sounds like a recipe for disaster. . . 200+ armed teachers in a building. Lots of opportunities for kids to obtain a weapon if they get pissed off enough.
The day I have to carry a weapon at work is the day that I quit my job. End of story.11 people like this
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
16 Feb 18
i can see schools going to the old 80s method of school security at L.A. inner city schools.
metal detectors and searches at a main point of entry, just like they do at airports.
schools entrances being locked from start to end of day.
security clearances for visitors and parents.
kids may as well go to school in a prison, because thats how it was back then.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
16 Feb 18
Arming teachers is not going to solve the problem of mentally ill people going on shooting rampages. Until we properly address the mental health crisis in this country, these things are going to keep happening.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
17 Feb 18
This will likely lead to more shooting. Just a bad idea in the history of bad ideas.
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@Marilynda1225 (79745)
• United States
16 Feb 18
I don't think teachers should be armed but I do think schools need better security.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Feb 18
Social media is the blame as well as every kid having a cell hone and a computer, a lot of bullying goes on.
I take a gin to work with me, I have a permit to carry concealed. I am sure you would be jumped by a kid at school before a tenant would try that with me
No, no one knows I carry.
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@Deepizzaguy (94552)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
21 Feb 18
Schools should have metal detectors on the entrances of the buildings like court houses or some airports.
@Deepizzaguy (94552)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
22 Feb 18
@NJChicaa That is true a criminal does not care to obey the rules.
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