Comments on: A conversation about armed teachers

By: msw

msw — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:58:28 +0000

Loved the piece and thanks for sharing. There is hope for America that we don’t have to scream at one another and instead agree to disagree. Also nice to see there are no trolls here looking to scream at someone and that you are using a moderator to make sure that the blog is not used by some to scream at others. Keep up the good work for trying to make the world a better place! Btw, in favor of teachers carrying. When I went to school back in the day, you got tossed out for 3 days for not wearing a belt and the girls the same for the skirt not touching the ground when they kneel down. And you got no sympathy for complaining about it. That would be a high class problem today that any school would love to have. Culture has changed a tad bit, ya think?

By: scott baca

scott baca — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 02:34:45 +0000

In reply to Reserve Corporal. Ever wonder why the U.S. had to bail France and the rest of Europe out in two world wars?

By: chrishernandezauthor

chrishernandezauthor — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 02:07:19 +0000

In reply to Reserve Corporal.

I’d say the fear of people becoming foolish or out of control when carrying a weapon is misplaced. Yes, there are criminals who get stupid with weapons. But armed, trained good guys, even those with the minimum training, aren’t going crazy and murdering people. Where I live, many people carry weapons every day. Yet we’re not having problems with those people going crazy and murdering people. Our citizens are not as out-of-control as many people think.

According to statistics cited by the extremely liberal website the Daily Kos, in 2009 1146 Americans were killed in firearms accidents. Yes, that’s terrible. Accidents with weapons shouldn’t be tolerated, and gun owners need to be responsible. However, those accidents do not justify stripping Americans of a crucial right.

By: chrishernandezauthor

chrishernandezauthor — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 02:00:42 +0000

In reply to Reserve Corporal.

Sylvain,

I don’t want an untrained person carrying a weapon around my son. But I’d rather have a half-trained person with a gun there to protect my son from a school shooter, than have nobody with a weapon to fight back. Armed teachers aren’t a perfect solution, but they’re better than “surrender and hope for the best”.

By: Reserve Corporal

Reserve Corporal — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 06:11:38 +0000

Oh and BTW when i say that everyone is stupid and violent i m thinking about the fact that when people are afraid their brain stops to work efficiency
When i see people beginning a fighting sport almost everyone during the first fight will turn is head to protect himself as soon as he gets punch in the head
But when you turn your head your shoulders starts to turn aswell and even if they have already lost the fight they start uselessly blind punching

Of course i don t believe that every gun holder is a retard moron
But i m concern about in a risky situation who will keep is head cool and stay focus on his target and who Will start to turn is head and blind shoot ?

How Many accidental kill ? How Many people shooting children because they werent sure of their objective ? How many people didn t think enough each year while carrying ( or not) a gun?

Again it s easy for us european to think we can juge you cause we don t have to décide what to do in your position, if i knew lot s of bad guys were weaponised in my neighbourhood you can bet your ass that i ll be weaponised too
But the only thing de can really do is to give you a small point of view of a distant cousin 🙂