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Originally Posted by Timmy
Many teachers are already overworked, and now we are to add gun training and range practice to their workload? And are we to expect that with a million or more guns in classrooms that there will be no accidents? Ever? Arm even a few teachers at each school, and I bet you there will be 10 times or more deaths by accidental firings, or misses when there is an incident, than take-downs of assailants by teachers. At least 10 times.
Granted, there may be a deterrent factor, too. But still. Accidental deaths. Count on them.
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I've thought long and hard about this issue and I actually could agree with a few "gun control" rules regarding the safety aspects of having multiple armed teachers and administrators on school grounds.
1) The gun must be on their person! Having it in a safe is far too much trouble in the event it is actually needed.
2) The gun must NOT have a magazine in it, but rather the magazine must also be on the carriers person, just not in the gun itself.
3) The gun must be a model with a magazine-disconnect feature which prevents it from firing without the mag locked and loaded, even when there is a bullet in the chamber.
While putting a teacher at a tactical disadvantage shout the need arise, the above precautions would guard against the inevitable "gun grabbing" from a young kid trying to be funny, or the occasional gun falling out of its holster, but still having the weapon available (without having to retrieve it from a safe) should a threat appear.
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