03-19-2013, 09:29 PM
Yes, teachers are people too [cool] As citizens they should be able to carry. Now if you asking if they should be allowed to carry in the classroom well that's a very touchy subject.
In my opinion Teachers would need at the very least a CCW class which with the new bill on the house floor I dont even know if a ccw is required anymore.
Teachers in the class room have a added responsibility to the welfare of there students. Packing heat into the class room would add to the responsibility into the fact that.
1. They need to be able to keep the weapon out of students possession. I know I know allot of you gun owners already have a second sense for this but a new gun owner my want to put the gun in his desk or jacket and forget. I say they need to keep the weapon strapped to there persons during school hours. Especially if this is a k-12 class room
2. Teacher are also under a higher degree of stress 30 kids in a room for 2 to 4 hours. In most cases teachers do a great job of commanding there class rooms but ever so often there always a few who have to test the boundaries. Last thing we want is a teacher to go nutz
The biggest debate for me is in the past a normal citizen could get there ccw and carry just about any were except were posted or federal buildings. The U of U allows guns on campus if im not mistaken BYU is the only campus you cant carry in Utah. That being said, is it infringing on Citizens rights if we ask Teachers to do more than what a normal citizen does ? I mean you could literally sit down in a class at the U and have the guy next to you with a .45 under his shirt. But force a teacher to do more ?
YES In my opinion since teachers have the add responsibility of the welfare of there students should be required to take additional training even some sort of combat training in properly firing a weapon and carrying a weapon just like police do.
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In my opinion Teachers would need at the very least a CCW class which with the new bill on the house floor I dont even know if a ccw is required anymore.
Teachers in the class room have a added responsibility to the welfare of there students. Packing heat into the class room would add to the responsibility into the fact that.
1. They need to be able to keep the weapon out of students possession. I know I know allot of you gun owners already have a second sense for this but a new gun owner my want to put the gun in his desk or jacket and forget. I say they need to keep the weapon strapped to there persons during school hours. Especially if this is a k-12 class room
2. Teacher are also under a higher degree of stress 30 kids in a room for 2 to 4 hours. In most cases teachers do a great job of commanding there class rooms but ever so often there always a few who have to test the boundaries. Last thing we want is a teacher to go nutz
The biggest debate for me is in the past a normal citizen could get there ccw and carry just about any were except were posted or federal buildings. The U of U allows guns on campus if im not mistaken BYU is the only campus you cant carry in Utah. That being said, is it infringing on Citizens rights if we ask Teachers to do more than what a normal citizen does ? I mean you could literally sit down in a class at the U and have the guy next to you with a .45 under his shirt. But force a teacher to do more ?
YES In my opinion since teachers have the add responsibility of the welfare of there students should be required to take additional training even some sort of combat training in properly firing a weapon and carrying a weapon just like police do.
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