NPR Poll = Should teachers be allowed to carry in the classroom

[GASPASSERDELUXE]

In San Antonio all of the school districts have there own police depts.

[santahog]

Our schools here have on duty sheriffs deputies as school resource officers.  Unfortunately the school board does not allow them to have their gun belt on during school hours, it must be in the office or in their car along with their rifle/shotgun.

Pause for assimilation.....................................
Nope.. Still don't know how to respond to that...
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My first reaction is "Well YEAH!!"
Then I remembered that they're mostly militant Teachers Union types.. Do you really want to arm them, too?..
Ask their Union to be in charge of it and you could probably consider it done..

[DeltaM]

Teachers should NOT be allowed to carry in school. The very nature of a teacher is a detriment to the action which may be called for in an active shooter case.
There are plenty of qualified people such as retired police and veterans that would be glad to post up at a school, probably for free a few hours a day.

For those who are uncomfortable with guns there are other means of self-defense and strategic planning to prevent something like the recent shootings.  My wife carries a Tazer C2 (shoots the darts 15') through the parking lot at the hospital she works.  Pepper sprays inside the hospital are not welcome.  The teacher could activate a flash-bag & then tear gas.  All not lethal with little risk of permanent collateral damage.  Have a panic button to turn on the sprinklers might even help to fog up the room.  These are just brainstorm ideas that may or may not work but I would think there could be may others better than cowering in the corner waiting to be shot.

The threat may not be from gunfire.  Firebombs, pipebombs, bladed weapons.  The way the schools are now, the most dangerous implement for self-defense is a pencil or fire-extinguisher.

Posting qualified CCW permit holders at school who qualify on a range regularly but don't have the power of arrest.  That way they don't get carried away and chase the perp down the block or trying to be LE.  CCW is all about defense, not offense.

[santahog]

"Yes" is at 56.31% now.. 

[Ulmus]

I was able to get this to load up.  Of course I voted yes.   

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[santahog]

I guess we're not talking about defunding NPR anymore, huh..

[PegLeg45]

I guess we're not talking about defunding NPR anymore, huh..

 

[billt]

The poll is closed at 57.7 YES.......42.2 NO. Bet the results never make it to the airwaves, let alone guns to the classroom.