School Shootings Should Catalyze CCW for Teachers
October 3rd, 2006
In the last month, there have been four school shooting incedents in:
- Quebec
- Wisconsin
- Colorado
- and now Pennsylvania
The tragedies listed in the USA all happened in the last week. If I were a teacher, I would want to be legally allowed to carry my legally concealed weapon. The problem is, most state CCW laws prohibit the legally armed citizen from carrying their weapon into a school. This makes schools targets for wackos, not safe havens for students (if you doubt this, then please refer to the recent murders in schools outlined above). If only school faculty members in all states could have the opportunity to legally arm themselves, they could defend themselves and possibly stop deranged psychos from killing our children.
Utah has taken the lead by allowing lawfully CCW inside schools. When will the rest of the nation follow suit?
October 3rd, 2006 at 3:56 am
Fox 13 news in Salt Lake City had a story regarding teachers and concealed weapons. The school administrators made comments about how it\’s not part of their job description to carry a gun, but they can if they have a permit. One woman said she feels it seems contradicting to tell children not to bring guns to school and at the same time allow teachers to be armed.
I think she should go back to school and learn a little more about falacies and logical thinking. We don\’t allow children to drive, yet adults drive all the time.
Cheers to Utah\’s CCW champion, Clark Aposhian, for offering to give teachers his CCW course for free during the Utah Education Association meeting. Clark\’s email is clark@fairwarning.biz
October 5th, 2006 at 3:57 am
The expert, John Lott, says it best in this 2005 op-ed:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/op-eds/NROMultipleVicShootings305.html