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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (57478)	2/22/2018 12:23:38 PM
From: Smart_Asset	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361427

<<What's to keep a teacher with a gun from going postal?>> Perhaps a student armed because, 'isn't everyone?'.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (57478)	2/22/2018 1:11:57 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 361427

Considering how often a teacher is disciplined for physically assaults a student, I guess armed students...

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (57478)	2/22/2018 1:53:31 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361427

>>>"What's to keep a teacher with a gun from going postal?"<<< Their respect for the current rules regarding dress codes and not to bringing a gun to school?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (57478)	2/22/2018 8:20:22 PM
From: Alighieri	1 Recommendation Recommended By J_F_Shepard Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361427

What's to keep a teacher with a gun from going postal? Armed principals, and to keep them non postal, armed school superintendents, and to keep them non postal, armed cafeteria workers, and so on.... Al

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (57478)	3/3/2018 11:41:34 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 361427

What's to keep anyone from going postal? Cops, the military (perhaps a whole unit gunning people down in the streets)... Most people just don't. People with concealed carry liscenes in particular just don't (I've seen statistics showing they have a lower crime rate than cops). And if they do go postal, then you have school resources officers (who could also go postal, but also probably won't) and other armed teachers to stop them. The teacher who goes postal when teachers aren't allowed to arm themselves will do so anyway (they aren't allowed "to go postal", if they ignore that, then I don't they'll say "darn, I could shoot up the school but I'm not allowed to bring a gun there", and won't have the possibility of being stopped by other armed teachers.