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Sheepshank

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48. Or just broke up with a girlfriend, orwho felt slighted...really they deserve guns as an outlet n/t
Fri Jan 11, 2013, 11:31 AM
Jan 2013
I think you are right. Skidmore Jan 2013 #1
If the weapon is secured/locked up what use it is in an emergency? Sheepshank Jan 2013 #46
Or armed guards? Graybeard Jan 2013 #2
Arming teachers is a much worse idea than arming guards BlueStreak Jan 2013 #34
Re: "we could hire professionally trained guards and hold them to a set of standards" eomer Jan 2013 #65
I agree. But at least there is some logic to that BlueStreak Jan 2013 #72
I don't think all or even most (or possibly any) teachers should be armed. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #3
You're worthless and weak!! RadiationTherapy Jan 2013 #4
Statistically speaking, a gun has been involved in 100% of all gun deaths. Xipe Totec Jan 2013 #5
Brilliant. tavernier Jan 2013 #8
++++1! CrispyQ Jan 2013 #57
That's a problem, isn't it? MNBrewer Jan 2013 #6
Guns Do Not Belong In Schools. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #7
And the example being set for children is horrific. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #56
I would agree with that. apnu Jan 2013 #9
And those are probably the ones michigandem58 Jan 2013 #15
Good point. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #10
Obviously we should arm the students, too Orrex Jan 2013 #11
Really. This. October Jan 2013 #12
And after all, who wouldn't Ilsa Jan 2013 #22
See? It's the only solution that makes sense. Orrex Jan 2013 #26
You and I forgot to Ilsa Jan 2013 #69
Or just broke up with a girlfriend, orwho felt slighted...really they deserve guns as an outlet n/t Sheepshank Jan 2013 #48
But students might threaten the janitors. So janitors should be armed as well, etc, etc, etc..... nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #70
In elementary schools the issue for me is that little children might grab the gun. Jennicut Jan 2013 #13
Statistically it is inevitable. leeroysphitz Jan 2013 #14
In any tense situation, the introduction of guns is just a tragedy waiting to happen. nt Chorophyll Jan 2013 #16
A nut bag parent started yelling at a teacher during pickup at my kid's school the other day. wildeyed Jan 2013 #17
DURec. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #18
Plus nutbag Students... DaveJ Jan 2013 #19
You must have taught before. narnian60 Jan 2013 #33
If not by the teacher, by the teacher's arms. The idea is get fewer guns into schools .... marble falls Jan 2013 #20
and vice-versa. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #21
My brother was assaulted by a student once... kag Jan 2013 #23
I think there are many intelligent students who would refuse to go to school... peace13 Jan 2013 #24
A co-worker brought up this fabulous point--it'd be so much easier for pedophile teachers justiceischeap Jan 2013 #25
This would mesh nicely with Stand Your Ground laws Orrex Jan 2013 #27
I had a couple of high school teachers that I'm sure didn't need a handgun Lex Jan 2013 #28
If you arm teachers, then parents will feel it necessary to arm their children no_hypocrisy Jan 2013 #29
And then the NRA will call for arming the students. earthside Jan 2013 #30
I have no doubt either, in certain schools the rate would be high too uponit7771 Jan 2013 #31
When I asked my son about how he would feel with armed teachers in his school, he kind of shrugged, Brickbat Jan 2013 #32
So... who proposed this? bobclark86 Jan 2013 #35
I don't think anyone really has LiberalEsque01 Jan 2013 #38
Then there are those "superior" people, better off running with scissors....just saying n/t Sheepshank Jan 2013 #50
What---you think the NRA wouldn't support this... trumad Jan 2013 #41
And where will these thousands of guards come from jberryhill Jan 2013 #58
Agreed! SoapBox Jan 2013 #36
Agreed. Myrina Jan 2013 #37
Schools being gun free zones is a safety, not crime, issue Recursion Jan 2013 #39
So basically.. LiberalEsque01 Jan 2013 #40
You're more likely to be struck by lightning while being eaten by an alligator... Recursion Jan 2013 #42
I think.. LiberalEsque01 Jan 2013 #45
Either they're "such rare incidents" and more guns in the schools gollygee Jan 2013 #47
You're not thinking clearly though LiberalEsque01 Jan 2013 #49
I'm speculating, as are you gollygee Jan 2013 #59
Lots of schools and places LiberalEsque01 Jan 2013 #60
You have to weigh the threat of the guards vs. the threat of violence by others gollygee Jan 2013 #61
Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #63
In 2008, there were 592 accidental firearms deaths in the US. sofa king Jan 2013 #71
This message was self-deleted by its author Recursion Jan 2013 #66
dumb laws that will do nothing more than create war zones. Sheepshank Jan 2013 #43
Hey..... a good candidate for US Sec of Ed, then. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2013 #62
How many times do highly-trained police officers make mistakes in wiggs Jan 2013 #44
We should simply clone George Zimmerman a few thousand times and let him roam the halls. Cary Jan 2013 #51
What does Bill Gates think? He knows everything. n/t Smarmie Doofus Jan 2013 #52
Remembering some of the teachers I had in school there is no way they doc03 Jan 2013 #53
I've had teachers that "no-way" would I trust them with a loaded gun. They were not RKP5637 Jan 2013 #54
or teachers and other students would die at the hand of the students Fresh_Start Jan 2013 #55
It would certainly make it easier to happen treestar Jan 2013 #64
How many guns are currently in schools? Do we have any idea? Recursion Jan 2013 #67
I think we'd see more than a few accidental shootings as well... cynatnite Jan 2013 #68
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