Following the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. in December that left 20 children and six staff members dead, schools across the country have begun to reassess school safety and some officials are calling for drastic measures such as arming teachers.
In at least 19 states, including Louisiana, legislation is already in place that allows teachers to carry weapons on school grounds with written permission from school administrators.
According to a Lake Charles American-Press report, the National Rifle Association, in cooperation with a Lake Charles gun range, is offering free gun training to teachers. However, representatives on the St. Charles Parish School Board have said they are doubtful about arming teachers.
District 2 board member Melinda Bernard, who was formerly the principal at St. Rose Elementary, said she’s not sure putting guns in the hands of teachers is the right move.
“There are pros and cons. If there were a crazed person maybe it would be a good thing to have someone armed,” Bernard said. “But who is it going to be of our teachers? Are we going to put that added responsibility on them?”
With all due respect Melinda Bernard, I don’t think anyone is proposing forcing teachers to carry a gun. I would imagine it would be voluntary and if the teacher wants to accept that responsibility I think they should be allowed. The pros outweigh the cons in my opinion. There just isn’t enough police officers to go around to supply every school, business, or place one would want a police officer to guard. Do we really want a police officer on every corner? Why don’t we just bring in the National Guard while we are at it? Let’s go full police state.
We probably have enough police officers as it is if they were simply doing the job they were originally intended to do, instead of chasing people down for not wearing their seat belts, wearing baggy pants, and all the other minutia of garbage we put on them to enforce.
More and more things like seat belt laws are designed to just give officers an excuse to stop otherwise law abiding citizens, bring out the drug dogs, search vehicles, frisk for weapons, and write tickets to increase revenue. Guilty until proven innocent.
That’s my opinion, but what do I know? I’m just an average guy with a blog.
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