On 2/26/2018 4:36 PM, John H. wrote:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:23:33 -0500, wrote:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:24:57 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
On 2/26/2018 12:00 PM, wrote:
I agree most teachers are not going to be good candidates
The janitor might be a better candidate for carrying the gun.
I do think the school systems with these "diversion" programs where
they fail to report criminal students are partially responsible. If
Parkland HS had reported the crimes Cruz committed in school, he would
have a record that would have prevented him from buying the gun.
The Sheriff also failed to act on credible reports of felonies.
Heh. I have to chuckle. You *are* discriminating against teachers.
What makes them any different than the janitor if they both have the
same level of training in the use of firearms?
Without resorting to stereotypes I will guess the janitor might not be
as genteel as the teachers.
Au contraire mon frère! You forget the 'mother' or 'father' instinct that would kick in when someone
starts messing with a teacher's kids. Our opinions of janitors and teachers differs tremendously in
this regard.
I agree. A good teacher has a bit of a maternal/paternal sense of
commitment to the kids in their charge, especially for very young kids
like those killed at Sandy Hook.
The janitor with nothing to lose except his own life might be the first
to exit stage left.
Then again, I have heard of janitors that have a deep affection for kids
in their schools and would probably lay down their own life to save a
kid or two like the football coach in Florida. He wasn't a teacher.
He was a coach and unarmed security guard.
Bottom line is .. we are all people and, until faced with the challenge,
nobody really knows how they would react. Training at the range or
hunting groundhogs just isn't the same, IMO.