Smerconish ask a dumb question

[Lint Head]

He asked the president of American teachers Federation Randi Weingarten if teachers were sufficiently train for these shooting incidents? Soldiers are sufficiently trained and they still die in combat. Teachers are trained to teach. They should be made aware and have drills but to train them for gun violence? It is the guns. It is the guns. It is the guns. It is the guns. It is a guns. We need gun legislation now!

[femmocrat]

1. Thank you.

After Sandy Hook, our schools were made into nearly impenetrable fortresses, and shootings are still happening. It is not because of any shortcomings on the part of the school systems.

[Girard442]

2. Sure, let's arm all the teachers to the teeth.

That way, stories of school shootings by unhinged intruders will be replaced by stories of school shootings by unhinged teachers.*

*No offense to teachers as such -- it's just that we're talking about very large population, which will inevitably contain some people with major problems.

[JDC]

3. Gingrich pushes for trained and armed teachers

Teachers trained and PAID a stipend to carry concealed weapons to stop shooters. It is a sick solution at best, coming from a sick individual pushing a sick and disgusting agenda.

As you note, teachers ARE trained: to teach.

I personally think Smerconish is a prime example of enablement by what about-ism. He spins it as is he is just open to all views, but it comes across -to me- as sensationalistic. Case in point: this story. "Is the problem that teachers aren't trained properly to fight against shooters? - soldiers are. You decide."

F him.

[oberliner]

5. Do people not see how insane this is?

[oberliner]

4. They had many lockdown drills and were as prepared as possible for such a situation

There also was an armed security officer on campus.

[Hoyt]

6. What a joke. Soldiers are mostly trained to lay down a barrage with others, collateral damage is OK.

Gun-humpers are a bunch of hero wannabes who'd probably mess their pants and shoot any student that moves if something broke out. That's assuming they were even around, react fast enough and the shooter doesn't put a bullet in their head first.

[Justice]

7. The teachers in Parkland were incredibly well trained, you know what they said?

Training didn’t stop killing of 3 teachers/staff and 14 students. No doubt lives were saved, students spoke of a janitor who redirected them and teachers who directed them. Some said the teachers and staff were so calm it made them think it was a drill.

But 17 people still died. The attack was overwhelming - no training could prepare them for that.

I wish Randi had said this.