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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (57670)	2/23/2018 11:34:09 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 362112

Teachers who have military or other relevant experience are better off being armed than unarmed in this situation. Even if that were the case, the probability of any teacher facing that situation is infinitesimal. The rest of the time, staff-millennia, they are carrying, at best, dead weight, maybe 15 lbs or so. You realize, of course, that the teacher would have to carry fire power at least equivalent to the potential threat. (On the flip side, they might be able to consider that their workout for the day and skip the gym to spend more time at home with their families. Don't ever say that I don't consider all the pros and cons. <g>) Oh, god. Trump's on the TV talking about the same thing. It is a credible idea. Wow. There's an endorsement. Trump saying something on TV.

To: i-node who wrote (57670)	2/23/2018 12:47:55 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 362112

Bad boy Trump was sent to military school! HIS teachers probably could have wielded firearms appropriately. I can't imagine any of the females that taught at my schools doing the same.

To: i-node who wrote (57670)	3/1/2018 2:11:29 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 362112

Teachers who have military or other relevant experience are better off being armed than unarmed in this situation. Or in many cases even those without such experience. The military, police, etc will provide some level of training in using firearms (not however as extensive of training for the average person in the organization as many seem to think), but you don't need to be a member of such organization, or be trained by them, to have the needed skills. For police see - activeresponsetraining.net or if that stops working the quote of it at Message 30626425 As for the military, you get initial entry training and have qualify every year, but you don't necessarily spend a lot of time on weapons training and practice there either, at least if your not in a direct combat unit.