Rush and Trump pushing this. Really bad idea.

One of the dumbest ideas ever. Police aren't great at shooting and we expect dozens of teachers to handle the pressure and be great shots. Can you imagine what happens when a teacher accidentally shoots a student? When some angry wild beast of a football player overpowers some small teacher ? When the police rush in and mistake an armed teacher as the active shooter?

Consider the sources.

And that is a stunningly stupid idea pushed by the worst among us.

I do not think classroom teachers should be armed.

But a few people throughout campus armed and trained would be helpful.

It's a colossally dumb idea, but I believe the thinking is that armed teachers will be a deterrent, not that they will actually get in gun battles. Again, very dumb because these shooters aren't rational and they usually know they're going to die. This last guy who lived was a rarity.

It's a colossally dumb idea, but I believe the thinking is that armed teachers will be a deterrent, not that they will actually get in gun battles. Again, very dumb because these shooters aren't rational and they usually know they're going to die. This last guy who lived was a rarity.

But even here there were armed school cops on the campus on their daily routine.

"Anyone who says this is stupid who is the worst of our society" will get you 4 more years of Trump. Enjoy!

We have a school officer who is armed, but he has like 6 buildings he covers. No way he can do that very well.

I would be in favor of a couple administrators in each building being armed so that there are always a couple people in each building ready.

We have a school officer who is armed, but he has like 6 buildings he covers. No way he can do that very well.

I would be in favor of a couple administrators in each building being armed so that there are always a couple people in each building ready.

And the people who revel in that thought are just what Hillary called them.

You have a lot more faith in administrators than I do.

It makes more sense to simply hire more cops, but in public education it's a zero sum game, currently being won by people who want to starve it out.

Including things almost universally accepted as effective, like early childhood education.

They had a armed guy with body armor. A handgun probably isn't a match for an AR15. Like you've pointed out these kids expect to die. This kid could have gotten away if he actually had a plan.

handguns kill more Americans in a day than AR-15's do all year you ignorant fucking genius.

handguns kill more Americans in a day than AR-15's do all year you ignorant fucking genius.

handguns kill more Americans in a day than AR-15's do all year you ignorant fucking genius.

If we are arming these people in the school, are they granted the police standard of feeling threatened as justification for using lethal force?

If they are going to be armed they have to be able to fire if needed. Obviously it has to be a real and credible threat.

"People who are different from me are less than me!"

That's amusing to hear from you.

"The football player lunged at me and I feared for my life."

Croissant America I'm aware of this. Kids aren't shooting up schools with handguns. What gay guy are you crushing on today? I bet you're the catcher.

Stop. Not even close to what we are talking about.