Thinking back about my schoolteachers...

[MineralMan]

The only ones I remember who would have agreed to carry a gun at school are the ones I would never trust with a gun. The sadistic coach who openly bullied non-athletes. The angry history teacher whose resting face was a scowl. Some others like those.

[safeinOhio]

1. My problem with school

was the principal of the thing.

[FightingIrish]

2. I was taught by nuns for twelve years.

Although they were heavily armed with scissors and crucifixes, I’m having trouble seeing any of them as Dirty Harry.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Same here, but you forgot to mention the rulers.

[FightingIrish]

4. How could I forget the rulers.

I still have lumpy knuckles and that was from a piano teacher.

[TomSlick]

6. I took piano from that lady when I was about 14.

Grumpy old blue haired lady in South Arkansas?

[TomSlick]

5. I have hesitated to raise this point.

I have a lot of respect for teachers. I know that I lack the patience required and admire those who do.

Looking back on my teachers through the years, most wouldn't have carried a weapon if ordered. Those that would have, had no business doing so.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Oh, yes, thanks for this. I had a biology teacher who got a

pencil stuck in his ear and set the lab on fire. Could you image what he would have done with a gun? An AR-15?

All of my other teachers wouldn't have picked up a gun if you paid them triple.

[StarryNite]

8. That's a scary thought!

I had a teacher who would walk up behind kids who leaned back in their chairs and kick the chairs out from under them. Another teacher literally knocked a boy around because he thought the kid threw his book on the floor, which he did not. Some of my teachers scared me, those would have been the ones to want to be a part of this.

[madaboutharry]

9. I had a lot of teachers who were little old ladies.

They could barely figure out how to work the overhead projector.

Don't get me wrong, I remember them as being sweet and caring, and I have fond memories of them. But arming them with a gun and expecting them to protect a classroom of kids is ludicrous.