If teachers could have guns, ....
I was on another forum and I read a signature that said, "If teachers could have guns, how many innocent kids would be alive today?"
On that forum I responded to the signature with my .02 cents worth. Here's what I said. What are your thoughts?
I just retired after teaching high school science classes, in a puble school, here in Columbus Ga, for 30 years. I don't think most teachers are equipped to handle a gun in a situation like I think you're talking about. We have been trained to teach, and that's a full time endeavor, in itself. In fact, I know that most of the ones I worked with would not want to be armed, we've discussed it around the lunch table on numerous occasions (especially, after a school shooting was in the news). The argument I heard most often was "What if I shot at the intruder and hit someone else instead, I'd be ruined - no, its just not worth the risk."
Oh yeah, I can see your logic of arming teachers, but I've known a LOT of teachers and the only ones I'd consider arming would be those out of the military, who have gun-experience, a skill for using it. That would be me, and me and my kind are in the minority among teachers. I would have had no problem carrying concealed, but I wouldn't want to walk around the class room with a gun on my hip.
However, in my 30 year career, I have never been in a situation where I needed to be armed. But then again, like many have said before me, if you have it and don't need it, that's good, but if you need it and don't have it - that's real bad.
Hack
I was on another forum and I read a signature that said, "If teachers could have guns, how many innocent kids would be alive today?"
On that forum I responded to the signature with my .02 cents worth. Here's what I said. What are your thoughts?
I just retired after teaching high school science classes, in a puble school, here in Columbus Ga, for 30 years. I don't think most teachers are equipped to handle a gun in a situation like I think you're talking about. We have been trained to teach, and that's a full time endeavor, in itself. In fact, I know that most of the ones I worked with would not want to be armed, we've discussed it around the lunch table on numerous occasions (especially, after a school shooting was in the news). The argument I heard most often was "What if I shot at the intruder and hit someone else instead, I'd be ruined - no, its just not worth the risk."
Oh yeah, I can see your logic of arming teachers, but I've known a LOT of teachers and the only ones I'd consider arming would be those out of the military, who have gun-experience, a skill for using it. That would be me, and me and my kind are in the minority among teachers. I would have had no problem carrying concealed, but I wouldn't want to walk around the class room with a gun on my hip.
However, in my 30 year career, I have never been in a situation where I needed to be armed. But then again, like many have said before me, if you have it and don't need it, that's good, but if you need it and don't have it - that's real bad.
Hack