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longship

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39. Teachers aren't fucking cops, man.

Thu Feb 22, 2018, 03:21 PM

Feb 2018

When I was teaching high school math at a very large (4,000 students) high school in CA we had two resource officers who had access to firearms on the premises during school hours. But they were actual police officers. In other words, they were trained in law enforcement, and firearms. That was their job.

But nobody was so blinkered stupid to suggest that the teachers should be armed. In fact, that would get a teacher fired really quickly. Law enforcement is not a teacher's job. Can you imagine a firearm in-service? I can't. The teacher's union would never stand for any suggestion that teachers should be armed.

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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