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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 08:01 PM Feb 2018

We Need Armed Teachers and Superior Fire Power In Schools To Prevent Attacks, Says Fox News [View all]

This is amazing. The NRA and gun industry can turn the Florida shooting into a gold mine. First, require teachers to undergo paramilitary training. Second, provide guns that are even more powerful than an AR-15.

My goodness, what kind of heat would a teacher need to pack to out-gun an AR-15? Any suggestions? What about grenade launchers?

http://www.newsweek.com/florida-shooting-we-need-armed-teachers-and-superior-fire-power-schools-808557

The issue at the center of the Florida school shooting that left at least 17 people dead is neither gun control nor mental health care, but a “lack of superior fire power,” according to Fox News judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano, who believes teachers should be armed.

Discussing the deadly attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Wednesday, Napolitano suggested in a Thursday evening discussion on Varney & Co that there were not enough guns in schools.

"My suggestion is the Israeli model," Napolitano said. "Not all the teachers are armed but all the teachers...the culture’s different, I know that. All the teachers have been in the IDF, the Israeli Defense Forces. Every adult except for certain religious groups, spends time there."

Napolitano continued: "In that time period they are trained. And select teachers, quietly, not ostentatiously are armed and quietly trained. You can’t just carry a gun. You have to practice with it every week."
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Im an educator, not a cop. I refuse to carry a gun. nt neeksgeek Feb 2018 #1
Ditto GreenPartyVoter Feb 2018 #5
Agreed. nt LWolf Feb 2018 #11
No not grenade launcher but an rpg would do the trick wasupaloopa Feb 2018 #2
Maybe This Opens The Door to Legalizing Fully Automatic Assault Rifles? TomCADem Feb 2018 #4
An RPG IS a grenade launcher. Aristus Feb 2018 #22
Why don't we just walk around with holsters BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #3
But the Goop ban guns at campaign events. LakeArenal Feb 2018 #6
This is completely insane oberliner Feb 2018 #7
Fox viewers are too brainwashed to realize the insanity of it. n/t Different Drummer Feb 2018 #16
Guns are banned where the ex- judge works...funny how much they hate guns around THEM! Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #34
Nope heard a version today in the background of a coffee line lunasun Feb 2018 #32
School shooting advocating for more guns in schools?? oberliner Feb 2018 #36
Fuck of Fox ...we don't want to live that way so your loser viewers can pretend to be soldiers or Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #8
There are more than 130,000 schools matt819 Feb 2018 #9
YE$ lunasun Feb 2018 #35
No!!!! Sophia4 Feb 2018 #10
Only the worst idea I'very ever heard. Schools full of gunz. lindysalsagal Feb 2018 #12
Post removed Post removed Feb 2018 #13
Or, We Could Just Reduce the Amount of Guns Overall... TomCADem Feb 2018 #15
Guns are here to stay. Now, how do we provide the proper measures democratisphere Feb 2018 #19
No, they're not. This country has only been around for 200 years. We're a baby country wise stevenleser Feb 2018 #21
Denial results in nothing being done. And so it goes. democratisphere Feb 2018 #24
Guns for teachers but guns banned in Congress? The hypocrisy undermines the point entirely. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #37
Bet the loved ones of the victims might feel differently. democratisphere Feb 2018 #38
No idea what that means. I would take that bet if u mean the parents want more guns. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #43
One of the parents was screaming for more gun control. John Fante Feb 2018 #46
Too late for either........... democratisphere Feb 2018 #48
Lovely sentiment. Maybe you can mail it to the grieving mother in a hallmark card. John Fante Feb 2018 #50
You Know, People Say The Same Thing About Misogyny and Rape TomCADem Feb 2018 #23
Unrelated. democratisphere Feb 2018 #25
Same Defeatist Logic. TomCADem Feb 2018 #30
Absurdly unrelated. democratisphere Feb 2018 #41
Andrew Napolitano Agrees With You. TomCADem Feb 2018 #52
And a fox propaganda network to you too! democratisphere Feb 2018 #54
Fox Is Pro-Gun Control? Check again. TomCADem Feb 2018 #57
Just thought about it... John Fante Feb 2018 #26
You are projecting your own thoughts onto others Egnever Feb 2018 #40
Lack of empathy is being projected onto others...teachers as a group exude empathy. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #44
why stop there? Takket Feb 2018 #14
Oh yeah? Well then, we'll just arm the theater employees! John Fante Feb 2018 #27
eventually everyone will have a rifle with a laser sight trained on every person around them Takket Feb 2018 #56
Incidentally, Israel has much stricter gun laws than the US oberliner Feb 2018 #17
Yes, and one would think the country would want to be heavily armed. Smart folks. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #45
More info oberliner Feb 2018 #55
Not unsimilar I would think to every nation on earth except for one. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #58
Ok, I'll play along ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #18
If we as teachers are unwilling to use the guns dsc Feb 2018 #20
Who is going to buy these arms? liberal N proud Feb 2018 #28
Sadly, If The Idea Gains Traction... TomCADem Feb 2018 #31
More rightwing stupidity. J_William_Ryan Feb 2018 #29
Most of the teachers I know greymattermom Feb 2018 #33
Not the answer Puzzledtraveller Feb 2018 #39
The whole argument ignores the end game Egnever Feb 2018 #42
ThIs is what the more unstable of the Gun enthusiasts I know are saying ismnotwasm Feb 2018 #47
No thought about how all these fear inducing armaments might affect the kids emotional well-being. jalan48 Feb 2018 #49
This second grade teacher doesn't give a shit what Faux News says. callous taoboy Feb 2018 #51
Trust me, you do NOT want to arm this teacher. Lifelong Protester Feb 2018 #53
Sure. When all the bank tellers get trained and armed. Without guards. raging moderate Feb 2018 #59
Guns are too dangerous around children. mainstreetonce Feb 2018 #60
The only way to stop a bad kid with a gun moondust Feb 2018 #61
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