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To: TimF who wrote (58659)	3/1/2018 2:31:49 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362209

We had a trained policeman at the scene of the Florida shooting and even with that expertise zero was accomplished. The mass confusion in these situations makes the idea of arming teachers a particularly brain dead solution. Each shooting is situational and the ways this crazy idea can go wrong are unlimited. .................I'm not against teachers in certain situations and some schools being armed - but anyone thinking this is in any way a measurable way to prevent such shootings are living in their ideological corners and not thinking this out.

To: TimF who wrote (58659)	3/1/2018 2:42:12 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 362209

As a person who has guns around but seldom shoots one, I think the critical thing is to have enough hands-on experience to have some confidence in what you're doing. I am sure an hour a month of training would make me feel more confident in using a gun against an intruder. When I was more interested, we'd go out to the gravel pit and shoot skeet now and then, or whatever, and it felt more natural than holding a weapon today. I would love to have the time and energy to visit the local gun range now and then. (The woman who is possibly our next governor (Jan Morgan) runs one nearby). I recognize there may not be teachers in some places interested in the arrangement. But I'm confident that in my part of the country there would be many who were interested in participating in the program. It would have to be a local option, NOT a situation where some teachers are just "assigned" this task. I'm pretty sure that many people, on a first trip to a shooting range, find it an enjoyable learning experience and something they want to do, even if they thought there was no way they could envision holding a firearm, let alone shooting one.