Republicans are calling for arming teachers and/or principals. Consider what that means. First, teachers are neither trained nor screened to use firearms. Police officers must pass extensive background checks and 2 psychological exams before being admitted to the academy.
Secondly, you would be asking an administrator who loves kids to possibly shoot one of their own students. How many teachers could shoot a 12 year old? Or a 10 year old? Or even an 8 year old with a gun?
Third, by arming teachers you are adding guns in an environment were that teacher could be overpowered, disarmed and possibly killed with their own gun. That's why guns are not allowed inside of prisons. What if that teacher accidently shot the wrong kid?
And finally, could a teacher deal with the aftermath if they killed someone. What if the teacher was the one who was unstable like with the Alabama professor who came to school and shot her colleagues because she was passed over for tenure. All in all it would be a recipe for disaster.
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