Teachers In Many States To Be Armed

[emmie]

surely this is the last thing they should be doing


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46473321

[Cloverjo]

Horrendous. I agree, Emmie. Ban guns, not bring more into schools.

[aelmpvw]

very sad, in my day the threat of a flung blackboard rubber was enough to keep us in check

[emmie]

they gave an example of one teacher being trained, in the first scenario he accidentally killed two students, not in reality, but if this had been a live firing scene he would have killed two total innocents,
absolutely madness

[EDDIE51]

It is Impossible to ban Guns in the USA. The 'Right to Bare Arms' is one of the Basic / Fundamental principles of their Constitution.

[emmie]

i haven't asked the question how to ban all guns, but should teachers be armed.

[HBAnorak]

Eddie51: The right to bare arms! Like Newcastle Bigg Market on a winter Saturday night

[HBAnorak]

Seriously though, anywhere else in the world if teachers need guns that means it's too easy for the students to get hold of guns. Only in America are more guns seen as the solution to gun violence

[emmie]

couldn't agree more, seems all they know is how to kill, its a sorry state of affairs, there should be less guns, not more. and the chances of a pupil being shot is ten times more likely.

[Spicerack]

They've never had a mass shooting at a gun-fair.
Do you think our elite would treat us plebs with such contempt, eg, ignoring the referendum result, if we were armed.

[Kromovaracun]

America sounds like a dystopia.

[Spicerack]

//and the chances of a pupil being shot is ten times more likely.//

You can't just make stuff up, emmie, unless you work for the aBBC.

[sandyRoe]

There really aren't that many school children killed each year in the USA by gunfire. Certainly not enough to justify meddling with their constitution.

[SparklyKid]

Surely the "right to bear arms" argument is now redundant as the American Civil War is over.

[Kromovaracun]

//There really aren't that many school children killed each year in the USA by gunfire. //

There are in comparison to just about everywhere else.

[Atheist]

Sandy, do you know how many children are killed in the USA per year by gunfire? Also, if the Americans want to change their constitution, I don't think it would be called "meddling".

[dannyk13]

Sandy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/local/us-school-shootings-history/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d9

[pastafreak]

1300 per year is 1300 too many.

https://psmag.com/news/how-american-children-are-killed-by-guns

[pastafreak]

Sorry...^^^^that's not just school shootings, but still an unacceptable number.

[Spicerack]

Sandy is the Godfather of the AB Lefty's.
I think he was being facetious.

[EDDIE51]

Most schools in the USA already have 'Wardens' who are armed. They patrol the school grounds and buildings.