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Mr. Ected

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28. It's one thing to be trained to shoot a firearm

Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:51 AM

Feb 2018

It's another thing, in the midst of a crisis, to be able to cleanly line up a shot, and then muster up the courage to KILL another human being (no matter how heinous a person he may be).

That's asking a lot from our teachers, who seem to be the dumping ground for all the ills of our society.

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Teachers to be ordered to "charge up the hill" into machine gun fire... [View all] kentuck Feb 2018 OP

The only imbalance between a handgun and AR-15 Igel Feb 2018 #1

Arming teachers is just plain wrong on so many levels. longship Feb 2018 #2

Yet districts have been doing it for years now without really a protest Yupster Feb 2018 #5

Totally irrelevant. longship Feb 2018 #6

It's just that people are treating the idea as something that is Yupster Feb 2018 #7

How did they get that by the school board ?? kentuck Feb 2018 #8

I guess each school board is different Yupster Feb 2018 #13

People within the entire education infrastructure are universally against it!! longship Feb 2018 #9

I don't think you're using the word "universally" correctly Yupster Feb 2018 #14

Who cares what idiots think? longship Feb 2018 #15

I haven't even said whether I agree with the policy or not Yupster Feb 2018 #16

Arming teachers is not the answer. longship Feb 2018 #17

This was a good post for you to end on Yupster Feb 2018 #18

Actually, this is pretty damned simple. longship Feb 2018 #19

Hmmm. Adding more guns... yagotme Feb 2018 #20

Cops are hired to be cops....teachers are hired to be teachers. kentuck Feb 2018 #23

I don't understand your Dr analogy, but I'll take a stab at the first... yagotme Feb 2018 #32

Everybody talks about everything except the real issue...guns. kentuck Feb 2018 #38

Real issue: yagotme Feb 2018 #40

Maybe? Maybe not? kentuck Feb 2018 #43

If he had been convicted of multiple assaults, yagotme Feb 2018 #46

Teachers aren't fucking cops, man. longship Feb 2018 #39

So, are there any teachers in the US that are allowed to carry in school? yagotme Feb 2018 #41

Not in the districts I taught in. longship Feb 2018 #42

Hate to grade your homework, but your reading comprehension needs attention: yagotme Feb 2018 #47

Four children, ages 6 to 8, used the bathroom while the gun was on the toilet. LanternWaste Feb 2018 #45

Because if you want to pass an effective law, yagotme Feb 2018 #10

Now back to the semantic arguments? longship Feb 2018 #12

Are armed guards allowed in schools? yagotme Feb 2018 #21

Proper terminology is important, which is why there are "lawyers". It is not hard. Every Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #27

I disagree about "lawyers". yagotme Feb 2018 #33

Zero problem with defining terms...that is an NRA meme that the terms are so hard to define! Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #35

So, are you saying the event on the train didn't happen? yagotme Feb 2018 #37

Yeah, as I recall, a couple of people were shot thru the door... kentuck Feb 2018 #4

Yup... when a ship is sinking, it's very rational to ask the cook to help LanternWaste Feb 2018 #44

In a past life I shot both safeinOhio Feb 2018 #3

If the GOP mandates this TheSmarterDog Feb 2018 #11

For discussion's sake, yagotme Feb 2018 #22

This is a consequence of deprofessionalizing the teaching profession. Orsino Feb 2018 #24

I don't think conservatives get that Rambo is a movie. Initech Feb 2018 #25

Oh great! And just ignore all the homeless Vets? underpants Feb 2018 #26

It's one thing to be trained to shoot a firearm Mr. Ected Feb 2018 #28

Amen to that. kentuck Feb 2018 #29

The "idea" of arming teachers is just bait Merlot Feb 2018 #30

Good point. kentuck Feb 2018 #31

Don't even ask questions StarlightGold Feb 2018 #34

You do know this discussion is crazy? leftyladyfrommo Feb 2018 #36