tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357431728454929119.post2292720041527965366..comments2022-09-10T04:14:22.701-04:00Comments on Something Creative I Haven't Thought Of Yet: If Your Solution Tempts the Gods of Irony, You Might Want to Rethink ThingsRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02730950296070305473noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357431728454929119.post-9996905162725675422018-02-20T17:40:23.856-05:002018-02-20T17:40:23.856-05:00Rachel, you are a powerful advocate for good sense...Rachel, you are a powerful advocate for good sense. Keep it up. <br />Carolyn from Turkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973772385639566286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357431728454929119.post-70042563340207377612012-12-20T12:32:33.072-05:002012-12-20T12:32:33.072-05:00Eric, exactly where in my post did I call *anyone*...Eric, exactly where in my post did I call *anyone* a "gun nut?" Nowhere. You set up a lovely straw man there, and then knocked him down. Good for you. You implied that I called people names. Did I? Let us look. I'll give you a minute. Find any? No. The only names here are the ones YOU called people. <br />As for "the program" you mention--what program? I was very clearly writing about the people who were calling for all teachers to be armed. Yes, there are those who have also called for only a few teachers to be armed. Volunteers or no, I still ask the question: who is going to pay for the training, arms, security and maintenance? What educational programs are going to be cut to provide funding for such initiatives? <br />And as for a "harried teacher going nuts" -- I don't want anyone, be they parent, teacher, principal, custodian, *anyone* to go off the rails and hurt someone. We hope that no one like that would ever be around our children, but it happens. People lose control upon occasion. It's better that we don't give them access to firearms when they do. <br />"They don't often go on shooting rampages"? Well, that's comforting. How many shooting rampages will be the minimum acceptable allowed for armed school personnel before you decide that your program isn't worthwhile? As for judgement and capability -- I believe the judgement and capability of most of the teachers and school staff I know is exemplary. But that doesn't mean I want them to have access to a loaded gun on school property. Accidents happen. Temporary-loss-of-judgement happens. People without adequate training to things in the heat of crisis that they would not otherwise do. To imply otherwise is to say that we think ourselves to be super-human. I'm not. Are you?<br />And as for your example of the principal who shot the would-be shooter (though I heard it was a different state than Alabama. Time to check Snopes.) I DO know that a shooter walked into Fort Hood and killed over a dozen people. On a military base. With guns. And personnel specifically trained to incapacitate an enemy. People on that base were armed, but the shooter managed to kill a lot of people anyways. <br />I still maintain that the odds of a weapon in a school is far more likely to accidentally harm a child or another innocent person than it is to ever shoot an intruder bent on mayhem.<br />disapproving kittynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357431728454929119.post-47658861318881940962012-12-19T10:41:28.205-05:002012-12-19T10:41:28.205-05:00(BTW, I am a teacher.)(BTW, I am a teacher.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185385713166684487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357431728454929119.post-76923541510886271692012-12-19T10:40:23.545-05:002012-12-19T10:40:23.545-05:00This blog is written by someone who obviously thin...This blog is written by someone who obviously thinks that all "gun-nuts" are knuckle-dragging, toothless, mouth breathers. Of course, everything you write about as being ridiculous was never proposed. Firstly, only those teachers who express an interest in carrying would be considered for the program. Nobody but the superintendent would know who they are. They would undergo specific training on weapons retention--the same training armed school police officers receive. They would likely not carry on their person, but would have the weapon secured in a digitally-operated lock box. As to a harried teacher going nuts...well I wouldn't want such a teacher working there with or without a gun! Cops get harried too. They don't often go on shooting rampages. Besides, were that to happen, we'd be in the same situation as a nutso gunman waltzing in off the street and shooting--except this time there would be others to answer his/her transgression. Why is it that my friends Mary (a principal), and Jennifer (a school teacher) are supposed to be so much inferior in judgment and capability to my friend Hollis (a police officer)? This CAN work. It worked several years ago in Alabama when an assistant principal halted a school shooting in its tracks by retrieving his rifle from his truck and holding the gunman until the police arrived several minutes later.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185385713166684487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357431728454929119.post-12597179261885226152012-12-18T23:23:07.415-05:002012-12-18T23:23:07.415-05:00I have an almost IDENTICAL looking kitty! Thanks ...I have an almost IDENTICAL looking kitty! Thanks for the much needed post.<br />Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267544451078638468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357431728454929119.post-8398589187225041132012-12-17T07:23:06.816-05:002012-12-17T07:23:06.816-05:00Excellent post!! I am also a teacher and got into ...Excellent post!! I am also a teacher and got into a debate yesterday on Facebook with a woman from Texas who said that teacher should be trained and armed! I said many of the same things you said here. Simply and brilliantly put. Thanks for writing this. I will be sharing it. LovinLife1902https://www.blogger.com/profile/14901841145522379261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357431728454929119.post-33137504811349822812012-12-17T01:34:15.272-05:002012-12-17T01:34:15.272-05:00Thank you for this - brilliant doesn't even be...Thank you for this - brilliant doesn't even begin to cover how strongly I feel about what you wrote. I cannot fathom the idea that people actually think arming teachers is the solution. Yet some people do. Unreal.Stacyhttp://thecelebritysizzle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357431728454929119.post-759260043509000142012-12-17T00:43:55.915-05:002012-12-17T00:43:55.915-05:00Excellent! I was a teacher, and I keep hearing thi...Excellent! I was a teacher, and I keep hearing this crap about arming teachers and wondering in what sane world that makes any sense whatsoever. I would not want a gun in my classroom! I was a little nervous about a pair of scissors there, for crying out loud!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16947560150770020849noreply@blogger.com