With the tragic incident that happened at that school in Ohio in the news, and other tragedies like the shootings at Columbine and Virginia Tech, what are your thoughts about not being able to carry on school grounds?
As a teacher and gun owner it is both comforting and frustrating that guns/weapons are not allowed on school grounds. It is nice knowing that my students know they will be expelled if they bring weapons to school, but if someone is set on doing harm to themselves or others at the school, they are going to bring a weapon regardless of what the rules/laws are. Why should those same laws that are being ignored by that person disarm an educator like me?
I think if a person knew that one of the teachers could be armed, it might prevent some of these awful events. Just looking to see what other thoughts or viewpoints are out there on this topic.
As a teacher and gun owner it is both comforting and frustrating that guns/weapons are not allowed on school grounds. It is nice knowing that my students know they will be expelled if they bring weapons to school, but if someone is set on doing harm to themselves or others at the school, they are going to bring a weapon regardless of what the rules/laws are. Why should those same laws that are being ignored by that person disarm an educator like me?
I think if a person knew that one of the teachers could be armed, it might prevent some of these awful events. Just looking to see what other thoughts or viewpoints are out there on this topic.