Steve CoxKonto zweryfikowane

And when arming the teachers becomes an option, with a country that has a deficit of teachers, do you not think that would weed out many of whom are not comfortable carrying a gun?

I'm not a teacher, but if I was and carrying a gun, or working in an environment where my co-workers did, would simply be a deal breaker for me. As I assume it would become for many.

My idea is to use Air Marshals as an example and allow teachers to *volunteer* to go through the *same* background checks and training as Air Marshals (adjusted for schools) & carry concealed. I’d only allow the principles and vice principles to know who’s carrying (if any1). 1/2

So it doesn’t force anybody to carry firearms at all. Kids need protection. Armed security chickens out or will just be shot first because they’re easy to recognize. Teachers want to save their kids. Last week, 2 kids took guns to school in Texas for *protection*. #fear 2/2

You have 98,000 schools in the US...I'm assuming that you would need more than one per school, plus some back ups for holiday, and sick days. Call it 4 per school (and I am just guessing at that). You have that many Air Marshals you can adequately provide to do this? 1/2

Because I also understand that the ones on flights are rotated because you can't protect every flight. Is that what you would do with schools? That seems a big roll of the dice. Or would areas be profiled to decide which would be more likely to have a problem?

First, it wouldn’t be a paid position. It would be volunteer, with expenses covered. Second, I don’t believe there’d have to be one at every school. I think just allowing it would prevent many school shootings because these gunmen pick gun-free zones for exactly this reason. 1/2

Schools are soft targets because guns are banned, and armed security is easy to spot. By default, this policy would “harden” schools in the perception of potential mass shooters, deterring them from that target. 2/2