Originally Posted by
Big Skyz
For a moment I'm going to not direct my comments towards BBP on this. Here is what has happened to me in a quarter century of teaching. For years I have been strongly opposed to weapons in the hands of school staff. However, as I see more and more of my students coming from unstable homes, with little, to no structure I start to worry. As I see students become more and more desensitized to violence by different medias whether it's music, movies, video games, internet, or what have you, I start to worry. When I see students less physically and emotionally upset when news breaks of another school shooting, I start to worry. When I realize that most of the school shootings have occurred in non-inner city schools, I start to worry. When I have a student or students in my class that verbally, out loud, express how they want to kill people, other students, or staff, I start to worry. When I think about the fact that most schools in this country have absolutely no way to defend themselves against an attack, (and that in my case, law enforcement is 20 miles away) I really, really, really, worry. With all that said, I'm no longer opposed to a few (read select) well trained staff having weapons available to them within the school. In fact, it flat out pisses me off that some people think it's perfectly fine to put my life, the students, and everyone I work with lives in an absolutely helpless-defenseless situation. You come into my home, uninvited and try to harm me or my family, you will be shot. Simple as that. Show up at my work and you are home free until "when or if" law enforcement catches up with you. Great message we are sending those that intend to harm others.