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LanternWaste

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6. The mere presence of a firearm increases the odds of a tragic mishap.

Reply to Lee-Lee (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 22, 2018, 01:46 PM

Feb 2018

"but if one of your peers was properly trained would you object?"

The mere presence of a firearm, regardless of whether carried by a trained professional or a semi-trained teacher, statistically increases the odds of an accident.

Provide, contrast and compare for us the objective disparity in numbers between what would be prevented versus the increase of accident.

And then rationalize as your narrative demands...

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I'm a teacher who owns guns, but I DON'T want to be armed on the job. [View all] D23MIURG23 Feb 2018 OP

No one should force a teacher, but if one of your peers was properly trained would you object? Lee-Lee Feb 2018 #1

I don't think it's compatable with the job description and I don't think you'd get many takers D23MIURG23 Feb 2018 #5

Not as much training as you might think is reauired Lee-Lee Feb 2018 #10

The mere presence of a firearm increases the odds of a tragic mishap. LanternWaste Feb 2018 #6

So what standards are we using? Lee-Lee Feb 2018 #11

Get rid of your guns samir.g Feb 2018 #2

If they want a wild west show... let them go to WestWorld world wide wally Feb 2018 #3

-I work around kids and I don't want the psychological effect that wearing a gun around them will ha logosoco Feb 2018 #4

Without specialty holsters, even carrying is a risk, I agree. moriah Feb 2018 #7

You are looking to republish on other sites? D23MIURG23 Feb 2018 #8

I was considering FB. I like what you said that much. moriah Feb 2018 #9