GOP Lawmaker In S.D. To Introduce Bill To Arm Teachers

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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/gop-lawmaker-in-sd-to-introduce-bill-to

In response to last week's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, a Republican legislator in South Dakota on Monday said that she will introduce a bill that would permit school personnel — from teachers to janitors — to bring guns to their workplace.

State Rep. Betty Olson of Prairie City, S.D. told the Associated Press that arming faculty members could have thwarted gunman Adam Lanza and minimized the carnage in Newtown, Conn.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Conn-deaths-to-spark-gun-debate-in-SD-Legislature-4125309.php

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From the AP:

In a scenario described by Olson, armed school personnel could have felled Lanza with a lethal shot by waiting for him to reload or turn his head. Olson dismissed the idea that people attempting to intervene could injure others in the crossfire or become victims themselves.

"They're going to be dead regardless, the way I see it, so (being armed) is the only chance they've got," she said.

[SummerSnow]

1. arm the faculty?

Well, if you do that then all the faculty members have to be evaluated first I suppose.Wouldn't want to hear about faculty members threatening students or shooting them.

[Rustycup]

2. That worked out well for the mother of

the shooter didn't it? She had five guns........they were turned against her.

[gollygee]

3. SO how much of a pay raise are teachers going to get

for having to be teachers AND armed security guards?

[LWolf]

4. Are they going to fire

all the teachers who refuse to be armed?

[tanyev]

5. I can recall several teachers I wouldn't have wanted to see anywhere near a gun.

And I suspect they would have been the ones most interested in carrying one.

[reformist2]

6. I don't think I could think straight, knowing there were guns all around me.

Not exactly conducive to learning.

[Fresh_Start]

7. That ought to make the parents a lot easier to handle!

seriously...how can any idiot believe that having many guns in schools is a good thing?

[ananda]

8. Texas already has a few districts where teachers are armed.

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