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2018-03-28 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-28 03:37|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 ...The author makes a good point - the number of truly damaged kids in public schools today is a national problem. The fact that we won't do much about it for fear of offending Certain Protected Groups(TM) is a national disgrace.

Because of that, arming teachers is not a good idea. I understand that there may be no good answers here, but the fact is that almost daily in this country, teachers are assaulted by the kids they're trying to instruct, and one of those teachers is going to use their weapon to defend themselves - statistically, it's going to happen.

And there's another side to this coin: I had two teachers in elementary school - fourth and sixth grades - who were so vicious (to include surprise, no-justification physical assaults) that I am utterly convinced that if either one of them had a firearm, they would have - at best - brandished it constantly and at worst used it.

Whatever answers there might be for this problem, arming teachers ain't it. I'm absolutely willing to concede that the overwhelming majority of teachers are sane, stable individuals who would unhesitatingly run to the defense of their kids. But all it will take will be one teacher to feel that they are in mortal danger from a berserk student - or completely lose their sh!t - and it'll be hard to find a single voice in defense of the 2A.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-03-28 05:43|| 2018-03-28 05:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, schools are microcosm of society - if you've a society operating on the premise that the worst are the victims and the best are the victimizers...

Mind you, IMO the problem is not the occasional incidents of violence but the constant stream of credentialed semi-illiterates.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-28 06:08|| 2018-03-28 06:08|| Front Page Top

#3 I've said it here before. Leftism's core value is the lowest common denominator. It isn't share-the-wealth, it's share-the-misery. "Progress" it definitely is not, unless you are a predator looking for easy pickings with no consequences.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-03-28 07:25|| 2018-03-28 07:25|| Front Page Top

#4 It's not about arming all teachers or administrators. It's about installing the uncertainty principle among the targeted population. Perps seek the least route of expected resistance.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-03-28 08:49|| 2018-03-28 08:49|| Front Page Top

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