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To: tejek who wrote (692773)	1/14/2013 12:02:08 PM
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Over 1,000 Educators Apply for Armed Teacher Training The Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) announced in a January 9 release that over 1,000 educators have applied for its partner foundation’s Armed Teacher Training Program first publicized December 20, 2012. Applications are still being accepted via online survey. “The original intent was to simply offer free firearm training to 24 teachers in order to show that teachers could be an effective deterrent to mass murder in schools,” BFA wrote. In the wake of the mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, interest from teachers and other school employees was much higher than the pro-Second Amendment group anticipated. “After three weeks, we have received well over 1,000 requests for this training. So while the goal is still the same, the scope of this program has changed significantly,” BFA explained before answering a number of frequently asked questions. Employment as an educator and a valid concealed carry permit in the applicant’s state of employment are the only prerequisites for the Armed Teacher Training Program, which will build on the basics taught in concealed carry classes. BFA mentioned that “medical trauma care, mindset, general school security, etc.” may be covered in the training, but that the program “will focus primarily on armed response to an ‘active killer’ scenario.” The program will be free of charge for those who enroll, with all costs – currently estimated at $1,000 per student – to be paid by the nonprofit Buckeye Firearms Foundation. While most of the 1,048 applicants as of January 9 were from Ohio, educators from other states have also signed up. “Based on the current 1,000+ applicants, about 60% are men and 40% are women,” BFA wrote. “More than 70% are teachers, 14% are administrators, and the balance are office staff and other employees. About 85% work in public schools and over 50% work in high schools. There’s a fairly even distribution among urban, suburban, and rural schools.” “About 55% have moderate to extensive firearm experience, 70% have experience with handguns, and more than 40% already have a license to carry a concealed firearm. A number of these applicants are ex-military and former law enforcement.” Buckeye Firearms Foundation plans to hold the first Armed Teacher Training Program class this spring, and intends to “select a wide variety of educators, including teachers, administrators, and other staff members” from the applicant pool in order to better develop curriculum. “Even a full SWAT team can’t guarantee absolute safety in any given school,” BFA acknowledged. “What we can guarantee is that if a school has no one on-site who can respond to an active killer threat, people are going to die until someone can respond. Dozens of people can be killed in just 5 or 10 minutes. So fast response is essential.”

To: tejek who wrote (692773)	1/14/2013 12:05:13 PM
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To: tejek who wrote (692773)	1/14/2013 12:34:15 PM
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"Then provide me the facts, kumquat........with credible links. Show me where teachers want to carry as part of the their teaching duties." I don't want to see teachers carrying guns as part of their teaching duties. If you insist on planting false representations of my position (which I have iterated repeatedly for you), then correcting your false statements becomes unnecessarily tedious but I will do that as often as needed. What I have stated is that most teachers are not suited for the responsibility but there are enough teachers and related school staff who are that it would make a positive impact on the threats we are facing simply to authorize them to carry as a matter of choice, without the need for massive government forces being deployed throughout the nation to guard schools. "Show me where teachers want to carry ... It seems some do. I would oppose any requirement that they carry but support the choice. I would also make confidentiality a condition with regards to who is and isn't authorized, except a security officer responsible for coordinating emergency procedures and emergency response teams for the school district. It should not be a condition of hire or retention of teachers. "CLEVELAND/SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - School teachers in Texas are flocking to free firearms classes and hundreds more in Ohio have signed up for training in the wake of the Connecticut elementary school massacre, some vowing to protect their students with guns even at the risk of losing their jobs." news.yahoo.com