(03-21-2018, 10:47 AM)rollerjag Wrote:

(03-21-2018, 08:27 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: I don't think anyone is saying that all teachers are mandated to be armed, at least I haven't seen that position anywhere. The platform I do see is that teachers who possess a CCW should be permitted to carry on the job (i.e. eliminating the concept of "gun free zone"). Since those permits require a training class and demonstration of competence I believe that platform has merit. I don't favor making your pothead hippy Sociology teacher go out and buy a gun to carry to work.

The hippie Sociology teacher may be less likely to have an itchy trigger finger than the ex-Marine Math teacher with PTSD. 

Stereotypes are fun.

Anyone carrying a weapon in a crowded school as part of an effort to make said school safer should receive more training than what's taught in a CCW class.

No, they shouldn't. It's a simple exercise of the 2nd Amendment, no different from a mall, grocery store, the beach or library. Nothing extra needs to be done other than what is done everywhere else.

Isn't it odd that the schools alternately want to restrict or enforce the 1st Amendment based on the political leanings of the speaker to the point of allowing the outright skipping of classes, but want to ardently restrict the 2nd Amendment. Well, not really odd I guess, since we all expect them to act like lefties all the damn time.

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