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Originally Posted by Jeff OTMG
That wasn't me, but earth to ostrich, pull your head out of the sand. At least that person has mentioned a proven effective way to prevent future occurrances. As examples I give you the assistant principal in Pearl, MS. Unfortunately he was not allowed to carry his .45 auto into the school. He had to go out to the parking lot to retrieve it from his car while the shooter was able to kill more. He held the shooter at gunpoint for police before they were able to kill more high schoolers and before the killer got to the junior high to kill more there. I also suggest that we take a lesson from Israel. They arm teachers and flight personel on El Al airways. The Israelis have been under attack by Arabs for decades and decided to defend against the attacks. There have been no mass shootings at schools in Israel that I am aware of and El Al has never been hijacked. In Texas if a teacher has a concealed carry permit they can get permission from the principal to carry at school. In fact, in October my son ran into his former high school english teacher at his concealed carry refresher class. There have been no mass shootings at schools in Texas since that law passed. I know of no successful mass shootings at gun shows or in gun stores either. Gee, I wonder why? Could it have something to do with these sickos picking on only defenseless people.
So rather than dismissing a proven effective response, why don't you offer an answer? If it is gun control, exactly what gun law would prevent someone from murdering a gun owner and using the gun to commit crime? In fact if police were the only ones with guns the easiest way to get one is kill a cop and take his. Quit complaining and come up with an effective deterrent.
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Every time I hear someone suggest that teachers be armed, this is what I wonder.
How do you secure a firearm in the presence of children?
If said firearm is secured, how do you get to it quickly enough to react before you are taken out by the attacker, bearing in mind that this is real life and not an action movie?
And before you flame me, know that while I choose to not own a gun, I am not anti-gun. I grew up in a gun-owning family. I was taught respect for firearms at an early age, and I knew that I was not to ever touch my father's and grandfathers' guns without supervision. Not everyone in our society is taught these things, and I can't imagine being responsible for a firearm around children who have not been raised to respect guns and who may believe they are toys.