Opp poll: teachers carrying guns (Page 5): My thoughts on teachers who elect not to would be to still teach them about telling students to drop, turn desks over while she locks the...

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

permafrost wrote:

Which brings up one more possable downside, the emotional view of the prospective teacher.. You I would see as a plus and do well. but I think many who would elect to be a teacher would not be versed in gun use or want to be.. but you did say volunteer so that would clear the undecided.....

So any state which elects this action will have a lot to consider in getting it done.. I would hope the publicizing would be sufficient to make the sicko pass on the school target..

My thoughts on teachers who elect not to would be to still teach them about telling students to drop, turn desks over while she locks the door and gets the file cabinet blocking the door. Then they use the ladder to get the hades out. It is complete idiocy to wait for the police to arrive to rescue them. Get them out and as far away as possible. Oh, then sit down! No standing up to be a target!

Jim0001 Loc: originally from Tennessee, now Virginia, USA

XXX wrote:

Well Auntie some people in Tennessee who didn't like the bill were horrified at the prospect of the teacher carrying a weapon. I must say a thinking person could think it could become mandatory or they could not think

Those objecting were probably in one of three places in Tennessee. Memphis, Shelby County next to Memphis and the Davidson County part of Nashville. The rest of the state is RED....

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

AuntiE wrote:

My thoughts on teachers who elect not to would be to still teach them about telling students to drop, turn desks over while she locks the door and gets the file cabinet blocking the door. Then they use the ladder to get the hades out. It is complete idiocy to wait for the police to arrive to rescue them. Get them out and as far away as possible. Oh, then sit down! No standing up to be a target!

Very good.... I agree..

pegw

XXX wrote:

A law passed by Tennessee congress would allow teachers to carry. They would need a mental check and 40 hours of training and the approval of the school official. It will likely be signed by the governor. Do you think this is a good idea? Should we expand this to other states?

ow long is it going to be when a student gets a hold of some teacher's gun and fires it, hitting someone else?

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

pegw wrote:

ow long is it going to be when a student gets a hold of some teacher's gun and fires it, hitting someone else?

How long until you understand teachers volunteering for this will know how to keep their weapon away from a student.

LostAggie66 Loc: Corpus Christi, TX (Shire of Seawinds)

AuntiE wrote:

I really have to roll my eyes at this comment! Absolutely no thinking person believes it would ever be mandatory.

I understand why you rolled your eyes at this comment of mine. However I seem to re-call someone here said that in their opinion all teachers should be trained in firearm usage and licensure required for employment.

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

permafrost wrote:

Very good.... I agree..

I have found it ludicrous that removing students from the threat area is not a priority!

If schools will not pay for the ladders, solicit donations from parents. It is their children the teacher is attempting to protect!

PS: I am staying in the classroom. I am very height adverse.

LostAggie66 Loc: Corpus Christi, TX (Shire of Seawinds)

XXX wrote:

I was hoping to hear from some on the left. A very good response.

Well thanks for that Trip. If I was stilll teaching and a school district required that I be trained to be armed and licensed to keep my job I would challenge that in court.

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

LostAggie66 wrote:

I understand why you rolled your eyes at this comment of mine. However I seem to re-call someone here said that in their opinion all teachers should be trained in firearm usage and licensure required for employment.

Really? Geez, that does away with freedom of choice. The last thing anyone wants is a scaredy-cat dweeb with a gun, especially in a school.

As I told Perma, teachers who do not volunteer should be better taught on how to secure their classroom and then get students out of the school. It is completely unacceptable, plus stupid, to have students wait for the cops. Get the kids out of the danger zone!

Go back and see my post on the protocols in place at a Jewish school.

XXX Loc: Somewhere north of the Mason-Dixon

pegw wrote:

ow long is it going to be when a student gets a hold of some teacher's gun and fires it, hitting someone else?

A person who has 40 hours of gun training would know enough to keep it out of their reach. This is like the #1 thing in gun safety classes.

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

LostAggie66 wrote:

Well thanks for that Trip. If I was stilll teaching and a school district required that I be trained to be armed and licensed to keep my job I would challenge that in court.

Okay, you now made that choice. What is your safety plan? You need one.

XXX Loc: Somewhere north of the Mason-Dixon

LostAggie66 wrote:

Well thanks for that Trip. If I was stilll teaching and a school district required that I be trained to be armed and licensed to keep my job I would challenge that in court.

Yep the point being to the best of my knowledge the school can still keep a teacher/teachers from carring. Now I have a question would you as a teacher carried one if it would have been allowed?

XXX Loc: Somewhere north of the Mason-Dixon

AuntiE wrote:

Okay, you now made that choice. What is your safety plan? You need one.

Throw something in the morons face.

XXX Loc: Somewhere north of the Mason-Dixon

Jim0001 wrote:

Those objecting were probably in one of three places in Tennessee. Memphis, Shelby County next to Memphis and the Davidson County part of Nashville. The rest of the state is RED....

Probably. I had seen videos of protesters when the vote was being taken. One of the points was " will the students be intimated by the thought there teacher might have a gun?"

My thought was are these children intimated walking the streets knowing many people are carrying? In Tennessee I bet a lot of people conceal carry.

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

XXX wrote:

Throw something in the morons face.

I can address that. Wasp spray will deploy up to 20 feet. If he does not shoot you first, spray him with wasp spray. In fact, a NRA instructor told someone that very thing. I just pilfered his recommendation.