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Teacher Firearms and Guns
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The biggest component of defending against a school shooter, besides actually having a gun, is being mentally prepared to kill the shooter. The shooter is no longer a student, a teacher or anyone they know. The shooter is a murderer. And everyone else in the school is their intended victims. And the armed teacher must be prepared to do whatever it takes to eliminate the threat.
IMO, that's where either this course failed, or the BBC's reporting failed. Gun handling is obviously vitally important. But a competent gun handler who is indecisive about when to use deadly force ideally should not have the responsibility of defending others in a school.
IMO, that's where either this course failed, or the BBC's reporting failed. Gun handling is obviously vitally important. But a competent gun handler who is indecisive about when to use deadly force ideally should not have the responsibility of defending others in a school.
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CPL Douglas Chrysler
That is what happened near where I live. A student brought a rifle to school and another student (who thought he was his best friend) started walking towards him saying he would get into a lot of trouble if he didn't put the gun back in his car. The kid with the gun shot and killed his friend.
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Any training is better than nothing... but you have to continue to train/practice or you lose some of it.
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Here is one of the reasons I oppose arming teachers:
Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr
SSG Brose highlights another valid reason.
Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr
SSG Brose highlights another valid reason.
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SSgt Christopher Brose
I don't really advocate arming teachers either. That runs the risk of putting people who are unwilling or unprepared in possession of deadly force, and is far more likely to cause more problems than it will ever help.
I do advocate allowing teachers to be armed. The difference, and it's a big one, is that it requires initiative and affirmation by the individual teachers rather than school administrators. People who are squeamish about guns are not going to volunteer (in the article, the gun-squeamish teacher who was at the training course felt pressured to be there by his administration). Former cops, former military, civilian competitive shooters, people who are comfortable around guns and have experience handling them, are the ones who will volunteer.
I do advocate allowing teachers to be armed. The difference, and it's a big one, is that it requires initiative and affirmation by the individual teachers rather than school administrators. People who are squeamish about guns are not going to volunteer (in the article, the gun-squeamish teacher who was at the training course felt pressured to be there by his administration). Former cops, former military, civilian competitive shooters, people who are comfortable around guns and have experience handling them, are the ones who will volunteer.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
SSgt Christopher Brose - I agree. Let those with experience do the terrible business of possibly taking a human life.
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