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October 06, 2006

Common Sense Erupts

From myh keyboard straight to the halls of power; a Wisconsin legislator suggests allowing teachers to serve as protectors, rather than abattoir minders, when under attack:

State Representative Frank Lasee says teachers and principals should be armed with guns.

Lasee said he planned to introduce legislation that would allow school personnel to carry concealed weapons with strict training.

This idea, which has decades of proven success in Israel (where terrorist violence in schools was much more constant and proportionally bloody than in the US), has two major handicaps; it would turn decades of assumptions on their heads, and it'd run afoul of a faith in disarmament on the left that verges on liturgical:
He will have to work around a federal law that bans guns on school grounds.
Right. And that has worked so well.
Some Wisconsin school officials are already shooting the idea down.
Yeah, you can espect the usual suspects to herniate themselves over a proposal like this. From the Des Moines Register:
Let's repeat: School violence in the United States is rare.
Really? Is it?

I mean, statistically, sure. Fewer kids are murdered in school than out. But if you count assaults and rapes as well as shootings, I have to wonder how safe it is anymore...

Arming teachers with weapons, no matter how well the teachers are trained in self-defense and gun safety, is a recipe for disaster.
It's an easy, ofay statement - but not supported by any sort of fact. Training helps make concealed firearms in the general public extremely safe.
It could give students direct access to guns.
Oh - as opposed to the "direct access" that they get in their dysfunctional homes, from their gangs, from their miscreant classmates?

By the way, that's why you carry your weapon concealed; nobody knows that they can take it from you.

Who is the Des Moines Register kidding?

And when a student tries to take a gun from a teacher, will the teacher then shoot the student?
See your state's self-defense law. Teachers are human too; their lives deserve defending.
And what about federal law that bans guns on school grounds?
We are best rid of it.
It's worthwhile, again, for Americans, individually and collectively, to look deep into our soul and ask what other steps can be taken to keep America's schools safe. But bringing deadly weapons into the classroom isn't one of them.
Why?

The editorial gave us bromides, platitudes and other three-syllable words - but no answers.

One needn't "look deep into ones' soul" to get their answer; it's in Israel. It's in a school system that allows teachers to defend themselves and their students - and went from constant carnage to safety with the stroke of a pen.

Until this nation's criminals and lunatics realize that a school isn't a soft target, there really is no other rational answer. Turning schools into prisons, and imposing "zero tolerance" policies that only reinforce absurd bureaucracy, aren't working, never have worked in any context, and can not work.

Posted by Mitch at October 6, 2006 06:20 AM | TrackBack
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If not Isreal, how about your local airport? We do a pretty good job of screening access there. Add a few armed guards, too. Screw the concealed weapons, I say put them right out in front so every crazy POS that comes along knows he has zero chance of snuffing little Tommy and Suzie.
Let's do it for The Children.

Posted by: Kermit at October 6, 2006 08:12 AM

"And what about federal law that bans guns on school grounds?"
Why not ban guns everywhere? Then no one would die! Happy rainbows and puppies for everyone!

Seriously, what's the big deal with arming teachers? Back in the 70's I attended West High School in Mpls. I had a Soc Studies teacher named Mr H. He was pretty cool guy, an old school democrat who operated an outdoor supply shop on the side. One day after school we were kicking back in the classroom & he had occasion to open his wallet & I saw a thick wad of cash in there. 'Holy * Mr. H!' says I 'you carry that much cash on you?' 'Yeah, I need it for the store' He says 'Don't tell anyone about it -- or better yet, if you do tell anyone about it, tell them about this, too.' and he opens his desk drawer and I see he's got an old revolver in there on top of some papers. I never told anyone about the gat Mr. H. kept in the classroom because it wasn't a big deal back then.
It says something about the difference beteen today & thirty years ago in that he kept the gun because he was worried about being robbed rather than massacred by a kibbles-n-bits addled sophomore who'd played way too many video games.

Posted by: Terry at October 6, 2006 01:10 PM
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