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In reply to the discussion: You arm a teacher. You train the teacher. A gunman enters the school building. [View all]Turbineguy
(37,213 posts)26. They could also put in TV cameras
for entertainment value.
After all, it's a reality show.
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You arm a teacher. You train the teacher. A gunman enters the school building. [View all]
Mr. Ected
Feb 2018
OP
Exactly, 5 POs fire 40 rounds at an unarmed person, there are 9 wounds, 1 fatal
bigbrother05
Feb 2018
#40
School shootings would no longer be BYOG...it is now a buffet, come in, take a gun, kill as you go.
Thomas Hurt
Feb 2018
#2
What is the teacher supposed to do with the gun when they are not actively defending students
Arkansas Granny
Feb 2018
#5
NRA will create concoctions of increasingly bizarre ideas; anything to increase gun "rights". . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2018
#56
+1, there was armed guard there at the school that day. The issue is access to weapons of war
uponit7771
Feb 2018
#8
Weapons of war. Exactly. I asked a few gun "enthusiasts" at work why anyone would need
Arkansas Granny
Feb 2018
#17
There may be some on the left who want to take all guns away. There are some on the right who
Arkansas Granny
Feb 2018
#44
Thanks, Mr. E - You have covered all possibilities except the one Rubio pointed out last night -
Leghorn21
Feb 2018
#6
ALL of the civilized countries that have taken this route have seen a DECREASE in gun deaths
erronis
Feb 2018
#38
Even combat training and experience have never precluded friendly fire causalities. n/t
sarge43
Feb 2018
#58
AND WHEN THE COPS SHOW UP THEY FUCKING SHOOT YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE A FUCKING GUN
yodermon
Feb 2018
#19
Shouldnt you let teachers make yah choice individually instead of saying they are all the same
Lee-Lee
Feb 2018
#49
no, teachers should never have the responsibility of defending students with guns.
kwassa
Feb 2018
#60
teachers have to buy supplies for their classrooms now, will they have to buy their own bullets?
Motley13
Feb 2018
#20
Sam Zeif on Ari & Velshi: My teacher stood in front of me because she LOVED me.
lostnfound
Feb 2018
#21
Your arguement applies to police exactly the same- so should they not act either?
Lee-Lee
Feb 2018
#24
My 10th grade geometry teacher ice-picked a female teacher over 20 times, killing her.
TheBlackAdder
Feb 2018
#29
Fucking craziest thing I've heard other than working with Russia to improve election cybersecurity.
lark
Feb 2018
#37
Oh how silly! People who shoot "bad guys" don't feel guilty or any traumatic stress at all.
Tommy_Carcetti
Feb 2018
#39
Trump and his ilk can talk all they want but bullshit is still bullshit.
world wide wally
Feb 2018
#41
Somehow we can keep guns out of boarding areas of Airports but not out of Schools?
rgbecker
Feb 2018
#64