...Teachers Should Be Armed in Schools Over the years the numbers of school shootings have increased. The controversy Americans are discussing is whether teachers should be able to legally carry guns during school hours. Individuals are saying armed teachers would be an awful idea, because everyone has different judgement of when is the right time to shoot. Steve Smith, the superintendent of the Bibb County School District, tore down the idea as soon as he heard it. Smith states, “We could give (teachers) all the training in the world as to how to a shoot a gun, but knowing when to shoot possess a major problem.” The issue is that people have become extremely close minded, as the soon as they hear the words gun and school in the same sentence...
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...Teachers be armed? One problem that society has been going through in this days are shootings at schools. Many of this problems had happened around our country. Students and also teachers had been proposed that teachers will be armed at schools so they could defend themselves or others, also President Trump and the National Rifle Association have been clear: Make school fortnesses, employ every deterrence, fight fire with fire, arm teachers could help at schools. Every person was important in the way you want to see, everyone were important to the society, so we need to find a way to stop shootings. I have some interesting ideas or key points that I want to try in this essay that can help you to make a decision or opinion about whether or...
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...Arming Teachers Throughout the recent years gun violence has been on the rise, particularly gun violence on school campuses. Unfortunately, within the recent years to present day, there has been an increase of shooting at colleges, high schools, and even elementary schools. Teachers’ unarmed in these dangerous situations causes a lot more deaths among students and teachers themselves. Little is being done to counteract these dangerous situations, guns should be in the hands of the teachers. If some teachers decide to OPT OUT of carrying a gun, then that teacher class should be in proximity of another teacher that is carrying a gun. Teachers that carry guns on school property should go through the proper training of shooting a gun properly, this would prevent less deaths in schools and save more lives. The statistics of school shootings are...
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...increasing danger to students and teachers alike. Even on July 26, 1764, four Lenape American Indians came into a school and killed the schoolmaster and nine or ten children, this is known as the Enoch Brown school massacre and was a notorious part of Pontiac’s rebellion. The more recent shootings such as Columbine and Virginia Tech a majority of those victims were students. Many of the victims cannot rely on police in the beginning of these attacks, the average shooting lasts around 12 minutes but average police response time is 18 Minutes. Teachers should be able to carry concealed weapons because armed teachers and staff can decrease the threats of school shootings, intruders on campus, and respond to threats faster than the time it takes police officers to respond. The police are effective in handling these threats but the response time can take too long, with school staff members armed with concealed weapons they can stabilize the situation before the police arrive. Carrying a concealed weapons could escalate the confrontation and...
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...becoming more popular, the idea of teachers being armed to protect their students is rising. The topic is debated a lot between teacher themselves, the students and the student’s guardians. Though a lot of people believe that armed teachers may help the students in a time of danger, most likely, arming the teachers may end more badly than predicted. Some believe that arming teachers could protect the students against any harmful threats that may happen. Those that agree with the arming of teachers, say that they would be trained with using the weapon in case of emergency. The teachers may be fine with handling...
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...happening. The teachers for whom it is legal to carry guns are usually undereducated about using the weapon in a crisis. By putting guns in classrooms, administrators are making it that much easier for a gun related incident to occur in school. Arming teachers has become a widely known controversial topic. Whether or not the government will agree to arm teachers is a mystery, but that does not stop parents all around the country from voicing their opinions. Having guns...
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...I think legally teachers should be able to carry guns at school because if anything bad were to happen then they would have some sort of armed Having more people armed would deter shooters looking for an easy targetprotection to keep the students and themselves safe from harm's way. School shooting happen a lot, And I believe they need to be stopped or at least get some type of way from inside of the building to keep students and staff safe. The Parkland shooting demonstrated police are not always reliable which is not always their fault. Police are sometimes limited and cannot be everywhere at once meaning response times can vary. the individual should be willing to take the responsibility to defend themselves. Being armed would help...
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...Guns are weapons that should be feared, it is not something that should be seen every day in schools. We all know that the best way to end gun violence is to limit or prohibit gun ownership. But Gun Owners of America thinks differently. They want America’s schools to fight fire with even more fire. They are proposing to allow “principals and teachers who are qualified to carry guns in their states to do so at schools” (Source A),which I disagree with. This can result to even more violence, create an uncomfortable learning environment for students, and the chances of another school massacre happening are very slim. The extra protection will only last until poorly train guards choose to use their guns without full comprehension of the extends of their actions. There have been many incidents involving police and armed guards doing exactly that, many lives have been lost to these incidents. “A sheriff’s deputy was at Columbine High School during the shooting, fired his weapon early, missed four times, and the total number of victims rose to 13”(Source C). The armed guards are there to protect not to add to the number of casualties. An armed guard in the hallway might give some a sense of protection to some. However most would say a student wouldn't feel safe with armed men patrolling the halls. Schools are where student go to learn, and to some students, school is their safe place. How can you feel safe when you know there are people with guns roaming the halls just waiting for...
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...Arming Our Teachers Is a Bad Idea? English 112 DeVry Online University Professor Berardi October 8, 2014 Arming Our Teachers Is a Bad Idea? More often in recent years, it seems to be primarily stemming from the Newtown Connecticut shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, dangers continue to lurk in our unprotected, unsafe school systems. Many other tragedies have stricken our school systems with danger following Newtown and certainly before. While we would all agree in regards to the topic of gun control, the one aspect up for debate is whether or not to arm our teachers and faculty in school systems. The main question is one that is touchy for most, do we want to entrust teachers we do not know to keep our kids safe armed with a firearm? We trust our children in daycare where the environment is changing constantly with frequent employment turnaround, so why not trust teachers who have recommendations for them and in some cases are subjected to background checks. Looking into the instances that have occurred over the years will show the amount of gun tragedies that have occurred and we can then see what type of impact a teacher with a gun (properly trained) could have. By not allowing teachers to be armed gives a major disadvantage if a critical situation were to arise and drastically reduces the chances of keeping our loved ones safe from danger. Growing up I was like many other young boys that were obsessed with playing cops and robbers or even cowboys and Indians, it was...
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...Columbine High School shooting, schools across the country adopted a variety of “safety” measures that included mandatory uniforms to prevent the wearing of gang colors and allowing faculty to more readily identify intruders, installation of metal detectors and security cameras, ID badges to be worn at all times, and the increased presence of armed guards on campuses. While these measures are all intended to protect our children the fact that we are still experiencing violence in our schools say that these measures are not enough. While metal detectors and armed guards in our schools are a step in the right direction, not all school districts can afford to employ them. Palmer ISD, in Palmer, Texas, with its school population of 1,100 students is approaching this dilemma by allowing a select few teachers and staff to be trained and cleared to carry concealed weapons. Only Kevin Noack, school superintendent, and the local Police Department will know who is carrying. (pp3) This policy will go into effect as early as this coming school year. With children being our greatest hope for the future, I support training and arming our teachers to protect this precious resource. Schools are generally viewed by terrorists as soft targets, as there is seldom anyone to challenge the shooters. If all of our schools would start training and arming staff members, and publicize these facts, they would no longer be considered soft targets. “The massacres at Sandy Hook Elementary...
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...allowing teachers to have guns in classrooms will provide the comfort students need in school. Although most argue that only professional school public safety officials should carry concealed weapons, I believe that allowing teachers to carry guns will protect the students. Students will feel safe because if an intruder was to enter the school, almost every classroom would be armed, not just the one security officer in the other wing of the building. With that being said, I do not think that teachers should just be handed a class roster, name tag, and a gun on the first day of school. Instead, they should be psychologically analyzed, trained, and tested before handling the gun. If a teacher fails to meet the requirements needed to obtain the gun, the board could simply not let that specific teacher have one or replace him with someone who can meet the requirements. It will also be best if the gun is locked in a secret compartment that is student-proof but also easily accessible in case of emergency. To ensure extra security, an alarm could go off anytime a teacher opens the compartment that holds the gun so that everyone else in the school knows there is danger and can put their classrooms under lockdown. Allowing only security officers to carry weapons is what we’ve been doing in the past and read any newspaper to see how well that turned out. The “norm” threatens the safety of students. It’s time for a change in school safety and the change should start with armed...
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...There has been about 23 school shooting in 2018 alone. That is a huge problem. There are several ways that we can prevent more from happening. I am going to contact my local Representive John Moolenaar on https://moolenaar.house.gov/ . Certain teachers in schools could carry a concealed gun. School campuses should have police officers. In addition, all entrances should be secured and have metal detectors. I believe that certain teachers should carry a gun. 172 school districts in Texas allow staff and/or board members to carry firearms on school premises (Beatriz.1). And out of the 172 school’s districts there has been no school shootings. If the schools where the shootings has occurred, if the teachers would have had guns there would have...
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...Do you think there should be guns in the classroom? There is an ongoing debate whether or not teachers should be given guns to use in case there should be an emergency. This issue has been sparked back to life because of how common school shootings have become in America. Teachers shouldn’t have guns in the classroom because it will make students feel unsafe and make the dangerous weapons more accessible. Firstly, guns in the classroom will make students feel threatened in their learning environment. Even the mere thought of a fatal weapon so close is sure to make anyone feel uneasy. Back when schools still used corporal punishment to enforce their rules and discipline the students the students feared going to school. Therefore, the students feared their own education. Behind closed doors you never know how the teacher is going to use the gun. They could be using it for its intended use, protection, or for their own benefit. Guns shouldn’t be in the school to begin with so what difference does it make if the teachers are the ones wielding them....
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...School Shootings When I think of school shootings my mind immediately goes back to the Columbine High school shooting. This was the first school shooting that I was actually old enough to remember and understand. I still remember having a moment of silence for all of those involved. The New world encyclopedia states “Columbine High School shooting was one of the deadliest mass shootings in United States history. On April 20, 1999, two teenagers killed 13 people and wounded more than 20 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. The incident drew worldwide attention. It led to widespread discussion over gun control and the prevention of school violence.” (Funk & Wagnalls) According to Wikipedia from 2011 to 2015 there has been 99 school shootings including grade schools, high schools, and colleges. This is a problem that needs more national attention in my opinion in order for there to be some form of change. The killers in school shootings (mass shootings) are what we call mass murderers, they typically want to send a message. It was stated the two students in Columbine sought revenge on bullies; this shooting/bombing was meant to send the message to them. According to a few articles I read they define their personalities as, “pseudocommando” these individuals kill in public during the daytime, plan their offense well in advance, and come prepared with arsenal of weapons, very similar to that of the school shooting killers. (Knoll) According to Warnick, the children...
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...violence that has plagued the country. The President includes both legislative proposals that would need to be acted on by Congress and executive actions he can perform on his own. Many of the executive actions involve the president directing agencies to do a better job of sharing information. Proposed congressional actions include, but are not limited to: (1) Requiring criminal background checks for all gun sales, including those by private sellers that currently are exempt; (2) Reinstating and strengthening the ban on assault weapons that was in place from 1994 to 2004; (3) Limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds; (4) Financing programs to train more police officers, first responders and school officials on how to respond to active armed attacks; and (5) Providing financing to expand mental health programs for young people. A national survey of police officers show overwhelming support for the Second Amendment and the country’s strong tradition of gun ownership, while opposing many federal gun control proposals they say would do little, if anything to stop crime. Greg Sowinski reports that the gun control legislation proposed at the federal level, 71 % of officers said a ban on “assault weapons” would not reduce violent crimes and 96 % of officers said banning magazines that hold more than 10 rounds would not reduce violent crime. (Sowinski 2013) “There is...
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