Florida school-massacre panel: Arm teachers!...

[steve4102]

...'We have to give people a fighting chance'
 

Teachers should be allowed to carry concealed guns on campus to stop future shootings, a panel investigating the Florida high school massacre recommended Wednesday.

 

In a 13-1 vote, the Associated Press reported, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission urged the Legislature to allow the arming of teachers who volunteer and undergo extensive background checks and training.

The panel concluded that having one or two police officers or armed guards on campus is not sufficient to stop the kind of shooting that took 17 lives in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14.

A Florida law already allows districts to arm non-teaching staff members such as principals, librarians and custodians.

 

The chairman of the commission, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, pointed out that the suspect in the Feb. 14 shooting, Nikolas Cruz, stopped to reload his AR-15 semi-automatic rifle five times.

At each of those moments of reloading, an armed teacher would have had the opportunity to shoot him, the sheriff argued.

“We have to give people a fighting chance, we have to give them an opportunity to protect themselves,” Gualtieri said, according to the Associated Press.

“One good guy with a gun on campus is not enough.”

 

The state teachers union and PTA are opposed to arming teachers.

The lone no vote was by commissioner Max Schachter, whose 14-year-old son Alex died in the massacre.

https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/florida-school-massacre-panel-arm-teachers/

[crockett]

A socialist union and a sheep. Go figure.

[holyjohnson]

but.........the Teachers Union and the PTA are against it,so they probably won`t be doing it.

[Bish1309]

No pressure on the teachers. Nope. None.

[tadbart]

16 hours ago, steve4102 said:

The chairman of the commission, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, pointed out that the suspect in the Feb. 14 shooting, Nikolas Cruz, stopped to reload his AR-15 semi-automatic rifle five times.

At each of those moments of reloading, an armed teacher would have had the opportunity to shoot him, the sheriff argued.

“We have to give people a fighting chance, we have to give them an opportunity to protect themselves,” Gualtieri said, according to the Associated Press.

Wellllll… since the Broward County Sheriff's Deputies aren't gonna take the initiative, maybe arming the teachers is a good idea.

[janice6]

20 hours ago, steve4102 said:

...'We have to give people a fighting chance'
 

Teachers should be allowed to carry concealed guns on campus to stop future shootings, a panel investigating the Florida high school massacre recommended Wednesday.

 

In a 13-1 vote, the Associated Press reported, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission urged the Legislature to allow the arming of teachers who volunteer and undergo extensive background checks and training.

The panel concluded that having one or two police officers or armed guards on campus is not sufficient to stop the kind of shooting that took 17 lives in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14.

A Florida law already allows districts to arm non-teaching staff members such as principals, librarians and custodians.

 

The chairman of the commission, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, pointed out that the suspect in the Feb. 14 shooting, Nikolas Cruz, stopped to reload his AR-15 semi-automatic rifle five times.

At each of those moments of reloading, an armed teacher would have had the opportunity to shoot him, the sheriff argued.

“We have to give people a fighting chance, we have to give them an opportunity to protect themselves,” Gualtieri said, according to the Associated Press.

“One good guy with a gun on campus is not enough.”

 

The state teachers union and PTA are opposed to arming teachers.

The lone no vote was by commissioner Max Schachter, whose 14-year-old son Alex died in the massacre.

https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/florida-school-massacre-panel-arm-teachers/

 Good for the panel realizing that fighting back to survive means you need adequate weapons.  The real opposition comes from those who fear objects more than they fear death, or they believe that appeasement means they will be eaten last.

[windowasher]

In our neck of Florida, we have been discussing letting specially trained volunteers carry concealed and patrol the exterior of the buildings and grounds.  This would reduce interactions with students and disruptions in the buildings.  We have armed guards protecting celebs and banks.  Politicians demand armed guards anywhere they meet.  Are these people and things more important than our children?