While driving yesterday, listening to talk radio, they were debating allowing school officials to carry guns in schools. Some are very for it, while some are very against it. I have mixed feelings about the whole thing, but it got me thinking.

 

What if school officials carried stun grenades instead? Would that help to slow down an attacker? I say that having never seen one in person, only video games or movies. Would it really work? I feel like that could maybe be a decent alternative.

I don't know about grenades but I have seen stun guns used. They are usually pretty effective.

I don't know about grenades but I have seen stun guns used. They are usually pretty effective.

 

Well that would work too. I feel like people might be comfortable putting those in school rather than guns. Just a thought.

I don't know about grenades but I have seen stun guns used. They are usually pretty effective.

 

By stun gun do you mean taser?

 

Not a good idea to have a taser vs a gun. Typically tasers have one cartridge so if you miss, you are basically holding a paper weight.

By stun gun do you mean taser?

 

Not a good idea to have a taser vs a gun. Typically tasers have one cartridge so if you miss, you are basically holding a paper weight.

 

Yes, I did mean taser. I know with a stun gun you have to be up close and personal.

 

Still one chance is better than none.

 

Yes, I did mean taser. I know with a stun gun you have to be up close and personal.

 

Still one chance is better than none.

I'm just sayin if you go that route I'd rather the teacher be armed.

I wouldn't have a problem with school personnel "packing". I saw on the news yesterday, that there is a school in Texas (maybe several) that allow their teachers, administrators, etc. to carry a concealed weapon. Like the principal said, they would most likely be the first responders so why not be armed?

I wouldn't have a problem with school personnel "packing". I saw on the news yesterday, that there is a school in Texas (maybe several) that allow their teachers, administrators, etc. to carry a concealed weapon. Like the principal said, they would most likely be the first responders so why not be armed?

 

I am not arguing the idea, but I have a hard time seeing my wife (who is a grade school teacher) packing heat.

 

I am not arguing the idea, but I have a hard time seeing my wife (who is a grade school teacher) packing heat.

 

Doesn't have to be every teacher. But why not some teachers?

Doesn't have to be every teacher. But why not some teachers?

 

I just don't know about this. Carrying a gun is one thing, but being able to use it effectively and safely in a life or death, dangerous combat situation is another story. It takes a lot of training to be able to do so....shooting at targets on the range isn't training enough. Everyone seems to assume that anyone would be able to stop a crazed, heavily armed killer bent on wiping out everyone if only they had a handgun on their person.

I wouldn't have a problem with school personnel "packing". I saw on the news yesterday, that there is a school in Texas (maybe several) that allow their teachers, administrators, etc. to carry a concealed weapon. Like the principal said, they would most likely be the first responders so why not be armed?

 

That school is in an area far from police. The closest sheriff is 30 minutes away. That is why the school felt they needed to allow the staff to be armed and why they said they are the first responders.

My concern with allowing guns in the school is it gives easy access to a would be perpetrator. He finds out who has the guns and goes after them first with a gun or knife. Then he has the teacher's gun to use also.

My concern with allowing guns in the school is it gives easy access to a would be perpetrator. He finds out who has the guns and goes after them first with a gun or knife. Then he has the teacher's gun to use also.

 

If he is not packing enough heat that he has to worry about adding a teachers concealed weapon, I would think he would not be that much of a threat. Just like a pilot or an air Marshall carries a gun, I do not feel it increases the chance for a perp to do wrong, I think it helps create a safety net and protects from potential additional harm.

The solutions to protecting schools has to do with design, not with putting guns IN the schools. That's just an obscenely irresponsible thought.

 

Design the schools to have reinforced entrances. Design them to include "lock down" doors similiar to what hospitals use for fire safety. Install panic buttons that sound an alarm when pushed in the hallways and classrooms. Those are some of the solutions.

 

The challenge is modifying schools that are unable to be moved to a new school. And although this would add to the expense of the building of a school, could be implemented upon new-build projects.

 

Putting guns in the school is an invitation for disaster, and one which the merits do not outweigh the drawbacks.

Better design would work from 8:30 to 2:50, but when the kids are loading and off loading buses before and after school it is really difficult to control entrances when 400, 500 or 1000 kids are coming and going.