I don't know. I wouldn't say the threat would be too great that her ex-husband would come in with his concealed weapons permit carrying self and ensue shooting her and the students, but that's a concern she has. Her ex says it's her trying to get everyone believing she should have full custody of their daughter. She also has voiced concerns about all the shootings in schools in the past. She practices regularly with her weapon, and it is her right she earned to carry. How safe would you feel if your English teacher was packing heat? Why do we feel safer when some police officers are packing heat? Are they somehow better because society deems it acceptable for a police officer to pack heat but nobody else?
I'd say if it was a perfect world, we wouldn't have guns for anything other than hunting for the food we need to eat. However, being there is war, there is violence, and people can be hurt by a full range of things in our society, I'd say owning a gun is low on the totem pole. My thought is that if every teacher were permitted the right to carry a gun, which isn't going to happen, more people would second guess going into a school and killing dozens and hurting dozens more. They probably would realize their chances for getting to hurt so many wouldn't be worth the risk of losing their own life. The parents of kids hurt from such violence would probably make a hero out of the teacher who packed the final blow to stop the violence from reaching more bystanders. There is no perfect scenario. There are so many variables. It seems to me the argument can be made either way very well. It will come down to which group has the most money to support the cause.
Would you feel safer if she had a gun or didn't? Would you have regrets if your child was harmed from a disaster at school and she wasn't there with her gun?
You can read about her story here. Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Thank God you don't really have to concern yourself with owning a weapon to protect yourself today... if it's true.
I work in an elementary school so I think it would be a horrible idea to allow a teacher to be able to carry a concealed weapon to school. How can the teacher be sure that the gun will not get into the hands of an innocent child? I think about the time I found one of my five-year-old students chewing all the gum from my purse. What if I had a gun and she just started blasting people.
ReplyDeleteFor me, I feel safer with police officers having guns because they have gone through hours of training to have them. They know how to deal with aggressive individuals. I would not be a happy parent if I knew my child’s teacher had a gun on school property. It is a bad example.
Well Randy, I live in Tillamook. We could have had a class reunion! I had no idea that you can take concealed weapons into public places in Oregon. I had no idea that schools would not have a law against packing in their especially. Anyway, if that is the law and the school has no specific rules up until this point, their is not much case against it. She has a pretty good case to keep it. Chances are that if a person has a clean record and go through the work of getting a permit, they are not going to shoot a lot of people. Also, with teachers that pack, I think violence and mouthy kids would decrease. Like I said, I am surprised at the law. I would probably like that schools have a no gun policy, but maybe it is good? I will have to think about that one.
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