Guns for Texas school's teachers

[The Doc]

Guns for Texas school's teachers

Teachers in one part of the US state of Texas are to be allowed to carry concealed firearms when the new school term opens this month.

The school superintendent in Harrold district said the move was intended to protect staff and pupils should there be any gun attacks on its sole campus.

Teachers would have to undertake crisis management training first, the superintendent, David Thweatt, said.

In recent years the US has seen a number of fatal school shootings.

Trustees had approved the policy and parents had not objected, Mr Thweatt said.

"When the federal government started making schools gun-free zones, that's when all of these shootings started," he wrote on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's web site.

Mr Thweatt said he believed the school's proximity to a large, busy motorway could make it a target.

"If something were to happen here, I'd much rather be calling a parent to tell them that their child is OK because we were able to protect them," Mr Thweatt said.

Texas outlaws the presence of firearms at schools unless individual institutions allow them.


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This is so thought provoking.

best,

RP.

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[MoA]

Seems like a common sense idea for a change.

However... should it become necessary to use force in this context, I see lawsuits in the making.

What about a stiuation where a neglegent discharge occurs?

[Mark]

It would be exponentially less traumatic than having another Columbine or Vermont style massacre, I prefer to think of the benefits of gun ownership instead of fearing what sort of mistakes may happen in the future.

People seem to have no problem with police carrying weapons, and yet most officers are only required to have finished high school. I do not see an issue with teachers who are required to have much more education, and have to continue to take classes as a part of maintaining a certificate, of maintaining a higher standard than what is required by law enforcement.

[snIPer]

Very nicely put Mark.

[mundaire]

It would be exponentially less traumatic than having another Columbine or Vermont style massacre, I prefer to think of the benefits of gun ownership instead of fearing what sort of mistakes may happen in the future.

People seem to have no problem with police carrying weapons, and yet most officers are only required to have finished high school. I do not see an issue with teachers who are required to have much more education, and have to continue to take classes as a part of maintaining a certificate, of maintaining a higher standard than what is required by law enforcement.

Spot on!
Cheers!
Abhijeet

[msandhu]

Seems like a common sense idea for a change.

However... should it become necessary to use force in this context, I see lawsuits in the making.

What about a stiuation where a neglegent discharge occurs?

Accidentdal discharges and other accidents can be reduced or avoided altogether with proper training.
Cheers
Mandeep

[TenX]

Accident anticipation is part of the game .. and Life. If we all feared this, there should have not been any cars on the road
However, if we do look at a realistic figure of probability versus possibility, the percentage of 'accidental discharges (a.d)' within any fraternity (say the Police force) is a very small figure when up against the number of arms possessed - A very low Probability to consider...