JUburton wrote:

Warszawa wrote:i think people who are upset about this shooting tend to be niave about the state of the world (and our existence)

well congratulations on saying one of the dumbest things about this. an impressive feat, indeed.

Warszawa wrote:i think people who are upset about this shooting tend to be niave about the state of the world (and our existence)

Woody wrote:

Warszawa wrote:i think people who are upset about this shooting tend to be niave about the state of the world (and our existence)

Jesus christ man, you need a hug

td11 wrote:When I was15 i had made a post on pp saying that a player was good based on batting average and like 5 ppl congratulated me for making the dumbest post in board history

td11 wrote:When I was15 i had made a post on pp saying that a player was good based on batting average and like 5 ppl congratulated me for making the dumbest post in board history

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/mcauliffe-seeks-officers-at-schools/2012/12/19/a37ca2be-4a0f-11e2-820e-17eefac2f939_story.html

You only need the headline: Cuccinelli open to armed teachers

:facepalm:

21McBride wrote:Would make for more interesting in-service days than we're accustomed to but as a 15+-yr. teacher I have to say this is the worst idea ever. We have a security chief at our school, a retired chief of police in the area, who is unarmed and effective. He knows most of the kids and has established an excellent rapport with them and his connections to local police have made them always available.

I had to swallow my anger at a party Sat. night when a well-meaning redneck asked me if that maniac would've been able to kill so many people if all of them teachers was armed like him.

Bill McNeal wrote:How man teachers would actually WANT to carry a loaded gun in school? I can't picture any of my son's north east raised liberal 20-something female teachers packing heat.

If teachers were required or encouraged to be armed, would that attract a different sort if person to be a teacher, possibly having undesired effects on the quality of education our children recieve?

The only person I would want to have a gun in a school is a uniformed police officer, someone who's job it is to be trained in their proper use and saftey.

drsmooth wrote:

21McBride wrote:Would make for more interesting in-service days than we're accustomed to but as a 15+-yr. teacher I have to say this is the worst idea ever. We have a security chief at our school, a retired chief of police in the area, who is unarmed and effective. He knows most of the kids and has established an excellent rapport with them and his connections to local police have made them always available.

I had to swallow my anger at a party Sat. night when a well-meaning redneck asked me if that maniac would've been able to kill so many people if all of them teachers was armed like him.

McBride are you in VA? If so, just want to confirm I was merely trying be every bit as insane as Cuccinelli in my post upthread.

My guess is your fellow partygoer's question was rhetorical; he "knows" the good guys would have triumphed had they only been outfitted with his sidearms.

I still vividly recall a poor slob of a 5th grade math teacher who about 1 month into the school year essentially abandoned teaching to regale us with stories of all the fights he had been in; throwing guys through plate glass windows, bouncing their heads off sidewalks, kicking knives out of their hands, etc. They started out as brief asides & grew into 20 minute reveries, ultimately including vague promises to bring in and show us his collection of switchblades at some later 'special' date.

This is a guy about 5'6", 40# overweight, coke-bottle glasses, white socks with wingtips, etc

He mysteriously disappeared after about 2 weeks of this stuff, & we later learned he'd been institutionalized.

I know that people with the kind of issues he faced are if anything probably under-represented in the teaching ranks, but I'm pretty sure I would not want firearms pressed on any of that small number of the profession.

pacino wrote:I believe he's in central PA. RichmondPhils is in VA.

CalvinBall wrote:and i think this has been covered but what happens when they accidentally shoot someone? its fucking absurd.

phdave wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:and i think this has been covered but what happens when they accidentally shoot someone? its #$!&@ absurd.

Accidentally? How about when teachers start shooting their students on purpose and then claiming they were attacked and were defending themselves?