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Originally Posted by sigmagirl2000
I understand that especially in different areas of the country and in different political areas, that gun presence and acceptance may be different, but there is no reason for school staff be it administrators, teachers, paraprofessionals, secretaries, custodians, etc. to have a firearm on property of the building. There are procedures in place, or there should be, especially after Columbine, to lock down schools for such situations without school faculty drawing weapons with the possibility of injuring coworkers or students.
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It doesn't do any good to lock the doors after the cow gets out. Shooters generally pick 'gun free zones' to do the shootings. You don't ever hear of a robbery at a gun show and I only know of one that was attempted at a gun store. It did not go well for the robber. It is legal in Texas for a teacher to carry a firearm at school after meeting certain criteria. The Flight Deck Officers Program for airline pilots is going very well allowing airline pilots to carry a gun while flying commercial airliners. Teachers in Thailand and Israel have carried firearms to protect the students for decades.
Having armed good guys around is a tremendously effective deterrent against bad guys. It is what the police do only we don't wear a uniform so nobody knows who has a gun. Frankly I am amazed that nobody in the theater was armed. I have been to a movie with friends and there were seven of us in one row that were armed.
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