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brettdale

(12,332 posts)
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 06:30 PM Feb 2018

The Listening Session is turning into

A person on twitter got it right......

"ONE BIG SALES PITCH FOR MORE GUNS"

I guess we are now going to have armed guards armed teachers, armed principals
armed Janitors, armed office workers in schools.

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The Listening Session is turning into (Original Post) brettdale Feb 2018 OP
FFS..what can go wrong? HipChick Feb 2018 #1
Will there be guard towers? nt DURHAM D Feb 2018 #2
Exactly! Generic Brad Feb 2018 #3
It's the ole good guy with the gun get the bad guy with a gun SummerSnow Feb 2018 #8
it's over, mercifully RussBLib Feb 2018 #4
And armed cilla4progress Feb 2018 #5
So, thought experiment janterry Feb 2018 #6
Teacher will probably shoot the child SummerSnow Feb 2018 #9
Let's give every student over the age of 14 a CC lapfog_1 Feb 2018 #7
Turning all schools into minimum security prisons is NOT the answer! Va Lefty Feb 2018 #10
This is not an effective alternative to banning guns. procon Feb 2018 #11
 

janterry

(4,429 posts)
6. So, thought experiment
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 06:35 PM
Feb 2018

Out of control student (no guns) who is yelling and needs to be removed, perhaps s/he tips over a table or chair, but isn't going to kill students or teachers.
Just your ordinary out of control (perhaps special needs?) student who needs different services and perhaps a more contained classroom) or a medication adjustment

.........is now met with a student resource officer who has a gun.

I wonder. What will the outcome be?

lapfog_1

(29,166 posts)
7. Let's give every student over the age of 14 a CC
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 06:38 PM
Feb 2018

permit and a handgun... why stop with teachers and janitors... what could possibly go wrong???

procon

(15,805 posts)
11. This is not an effective alternative to banning guns.
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 07:06 PM
Feb 2018

Instead if arming the English Lit teacher and expecting her to become Rambo, why not hit the root of the problem, the gun owner?

Before anyone can own a gun let's put onerous restrictions on buying and maintaining them. If people want to own a gun, they must attend an all-day class on safety, laws and usage, pass a written test plus achieve at least 95% accuracy during a shooting-range test. Then, if they pass, they have to pass a mental-health evaluation, a drug test, and pass an extensive background check, all of which they pay for out of pocket before they can get a license to purchase a gun.

Also limit what type of gun they own and how much ammunition they can have on hand. Require a gun safe and proof of liability insurance (just like for a car). Make licensing renewals every few years that also include passing a drug test and a shooting-range test.

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