Should teachers/faculty be allowed to have a concealed weapon?

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It could reduce casualties in a school shooting, sure.

How would they vet the teacher to be positive they wouldn’t use it when they’re having a bad day? As you can tell from the daily threads, there’s some stupid teachers out there.

I think they should be able to but it will never happen. People will just cry that you can't just throw more guns at the problem but yes you can. If a teacher had a gun the other day many lives could have been saved.

If it’s concealed well, who cares if you have permission?

Better to have trouble with the principal than to be filled with new holes by a student.

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1. Do you think students/people would think twice knowing others were carrying on campus.

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At my previous school we had kids regularly bring guns on campus and that was with an armed SRO (ours was out of the Sheriff’s department).

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2. Do you think it would reduce the amount of casualties in school shootings.

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No. At my current school we have a massive campus with 1900 kids between multiple buildings. Someone could easily pick them off while they were walking outside from one area to another. No amount of armed teachers would stop that.

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3. Do you think that faculty would end up using the weapon

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I’d be more worried about certain faculty members shooting a kid when they shouldn’t.

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4. Could it be stolen and used by a student

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Yes. This would be hands down my biggest fear if legislation allows this. School systems skimp on costs all the time. I could absolutely see them buying some shitty arse lock box that’s easy to break into.

My biggest issue is, especially in the state of Kentucky where we have some of the most lax gun laws in the country, how much training will these teachers feasibly get to be in charge of a firearm on campus? As I said in the last question, they want you to pay for your own fricking printer toner and we think they’re going to really get these people quality training for this?

Imagine if the coach that was a security guard in Florida would have had a gun. Instead of shielding bullets he could have been slinging some back at the sick bastard.

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Imagine if the coach that was a security guard in Florida would have had a gun. Instead of shielding bullets he could have been slinging some back at the sick bastard.

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Too bad life isn’t a John Wayne movie.

I love how the assumption is that every teacher carrying a gun would turn somehow turn into Dirty Harry.

I spent six years teaching in an environment where the threat of a student carrying a gun on campus was very real...and no, I wouldn't trust the faculty members I knew with the responsibility of being armed.

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I wouldn't trust the faculty members I knew with the responsibility of being armed

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Former military, certain administrators, and a deputy or two. Arm them and let them conceal carry.

Watch these bullshite false flags come to a screeching halt.

I'd be ok with a designated few that had to go through training and get a CCL. I'd also mandate that it's kept in a biometric pistol safe secured to the desk of somewhere in the room. They can be opened in 1 second with a fingerprint