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Air&Road · #1 12-20-2012, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by MS Fowler

I don't favor arming teachers or administrators. The "tools" required to be a teacher/administrator and those required to know how, and when to thwart an attacker are quite different. "Shooting" is not the same as "fighting".
As I posted in WHunter's thread, I'd like to see vets and retired police--who are trained in urban fighting, be encouraged to work as substitute teachers. You never know what school has one or more armed subs on campus on any given day. Neither could the terrorist know that there was NOT someone armed and trained on campus. Face it--most of these mass killer/terrorists are chickens and wimps. They choose targets that are vulnerable and present no threat to themselves. The CT shooter was so much a wimp that he killed himself when he heard the sirens of the approaching police.

I think this is a GREAT idea. I had already thought of and even wrote on this forum somewhere about the newly discharged Vets out of work. This allows them to be employed, at least part time, and makes the nut case think twice, if it's possible for such a nut case to think at all.

You would think that since they plan on taking their own life, they wouldn't worry about opposition, but it seems that they do. The nut in Colorado went away from several other theaters that DID allow concealed carry until he came to the one that was the "gun free zone."

engatwork · #2 12-20-2012, 08:01 AM

Another option is to build schools just like a prison but with class rooms instead of cells.

Air&Road · #3 12-20-2012, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by engatwork

Another option is to build schools just like a prison but with class rooms instead of cells.

Well..... since so many kids today end up in prison, maybe this would let them get accustomed to the environment at an earlier age.

E150GT · #4 12-20-2012, 08:02 AM

Except guns still arent allowed on school property.

MS Fowler · #5 12-20-2012, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Air&Road

You would think that since they plan on taking their own life, they wouldn't worry about opposition, but it seems that they do. The nut in Colorado went away from several other theaters that DID allow concealed carry until he came to the one that was the "gun free zone."

More evidence of the "wimp" factor.
Posting a sign that says "This is a gun-free zone" is about the most stupid thing I can think of. Talk about unintended consequences!! But it did make the persons posting the sign feel good about their noble intentions--and maybe that is all it was ever intended to do.

Air&Road · #6 12-20-2012, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by MS Fowler

More evidence of the "wimp" factor.
Posting a sign that says "This is a gun-free zone" is about the most stupid thing I can think of. Talk about unintended consequences!! But it did make the persons posting the sign feel good about their noble intentions--and maybe that is all it was ever intended to do.

I remember going to my kids school one time about the late nineties or so, and for the first time seeing a "Gun Free Zone" sign. It might not have said those exact words, but I think it did. Immediately, it hit me as a REALLY stupid sign to put on the building.

t walgamuth · #7 12-20-2012, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Air&Road

I think this is a GREAT idea. I had already thought of and even wrote on this forum somewhere about the newly discharged Vets out of work. This allows them to be employed, at least part time, and makes the nut case think twice, if it's possible for such a nut case to think at all.

You would think that since they plan on taking their own life, they wouldn't worry about opposition, but it seems that they do. The nut in Colorado went away from several other theaters that DID allow concealed carry until he came to the one that was the "gun free zone."

Do you have proof of your last sentence, please?

Air&Road · #8 12-20-2012, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

Do you have proof of your last sentence, please?

Don't have a link, but I've heard this on several different news sources since the incident. Do YOU watch the news from time to time?

cmbdiesel · #9 12-21-2012, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Air&Road

I think this is a GREAT idea. I had already thought of and even wrote on this forum somewhere about the newly discharged Vets out of work. This allows them to be employed, at least part time, and makes the nut case think twice, if it's possible for such a nut case to think at all.

You would think that since they plan on taking their own life, they wouldn't worry about opposition, but it seems that they do. The nut in Colorado went away from several other theaters that DID allow concealed carry until he came to the one that was the "gun free zone."

Until the military begins to address the issue of vets mental stability in a meaningful way, I would be opposed to putting recently discharged soldiers into schools with weapons.

Is this true? Can you post a link? I had not heard this angle from anywhere else.