Your rhetoric is a waste of time, for two reasons. You're asking questions you really don't want to hear my answers to (and would undoubtedly argue) and we both know what I want will not happen any time in the near future. So let's not waste our time with something you don't want to hear and will never happen.
Leave it to someone like you to say something ridiculous and then use it to criticize a "liberal". We went through crisis training with police just a couple of weeks ago, and they made it VERY clear that when they come in, they're coming in hard. They start shooting high and their gunfire follows you as your corpse hits the ground. They were very clear that they don't care what you do before they get there, just don't be standing in an aggressive stance when they enter the room.
But hey, continue on with your insults about being "unable to think something through".
I got mine from those who were training us, who also happen to be the same people who would be entering my school if it came to that. Do you have a snide comment for me as well?
Or teachers who object to such an obvious difference in the power dynamic, not just between teachers and administrators, but also with the children.
See my comment above. I'd ask you to apologize, but in my short time on these forums, I won't hold my breath.
From some of the posts I've read from you, this doesn't surprise me. Take that however you wish.
Except they wish to do it in a way which makes far less sense. I agree, they are doing it because they THINK it will help, but that doesn't mean it's a logical thought.
And there are several who think it would be a good idea to prevent those guns from getting in the wrong hands in the first place.
Teachers should not be armed, for so many reasons. While I was originally against the idea of armed officers in the school, I've kind of come around to that line of thinking. Not only do you have more protection in the building (and not with those who are expected to be teaching), but you can also have the officers around the children, teaching them that police officers really are good people and really do care about helping others. Just in the few months since Newtown, when our local police force started coming around much more often, the kids have really warmed up to the officers. I even saw a couple giving them high fives this morning.
Armed police officers? I'm okay with that now, I think. Armed teachers? Terrible idea.
Or they could just be smart and not go to church...though, I am not intending that to have anything to do with this debate, merely the idea of church itself.
Really? You better alert the NRA of this, because you and them are not on the same page:
NRA reveals 'school shield' plan: armed guards on every campus 'will save lives' | World news | guardian.co.uk
Really? So meth, crack and heroin are as prolific in society as cigarettes and alcohol, both of which are legal? Huh, who knew?
By the way, that was sarcasm and me disagreeing entirely with the idea regulating an item doesn't curtail it's use. My apologies for the aggressive nature of the disagreement, but I do grow tired of the argument you presented.
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Yes, because there is NO WAY the gun culture is responsible for the deaths of thousands of people every year. Did you really just say that?
Did it never occur to you to actually read the article which talked about the NRA's proposal? Because if you had, you probably wouldn't be posting this.