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To: i-node who wrote (57713)	2/23/2018 1:07:49 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362177

Hmm. Schools are so under-funded that teachers were deducting school supplies they payed for out of their own pitiful salaries from their income taxes, until the last (R) tax bill ended that. Now, you propose TSA-like security for schools? It's a sick joke.

To: i-node who wrote (57713)	2/23/2018 1:23:53 PM
From: Lane3	2 Recommendations Recommended By bentway Mannie Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 362177

I don't think anyone is envisioning teachers lugging a loaded firearm around the classroom. There would surely be secure arrangements made. Then they aren't thinking it through. I read that the average incident takes three minutes. It takes some time for an incident out of the blue to register with the teacher. Is this really happening? If the firearm is further away than the top of his desk, there's time wasted. Then you have the kids in your classroom screaming and crying and praying. Do you take a moment to address them? Even if you unceremoniously just push through them and make a mad dash for the hall, you have to figure out where the shots are coming from and track down the shooter, unless, of course, he's right there and shoots you when you open the door. When you track him down, of course he's not going to be standing in the middle of the hall all alone with no victims around him for you to shoot by accident... And you think that those who want to ban guns are unrealistic?