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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (691799)	1/8/2013 5:07:51 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577902

"Would that be a condition of employment?" No, I posted my postition yesterday to tejek. Repost: I have been in schools and know the typical teacher trained or not is not a good candidate for this. However, there are trained and capable people in most schools who are already gun owners. Why not start there? The last school I was in had some coaches, a Vice Principle and a couple of teaching staff who were ready willing and able to take on such a role. Teachers are heavily screened with background checks so it wouldn’t take much to determine who should be authorized. Many seem to be speaking up as wanting to take on training and responsibility. The additional advantage here is that a shooter would not be able to make any assumptions like they could if there were a guard station. For what it’s worth the local high school here has an office for armed police inside the school. I don’t have a problem with that as long as it is a community “choice”. Message 28648004 No system is going to be perfect but if qualified people who are already in a caring role are available, why would you want to create such a new force of armed guards equaling nothing less than a police state. Do you imagine they would be more protective and responsible than a child's teacher? If so, you are wrong, I know teachers.