Ravenwood - 06/27/03 08:30 AM
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Jordan school board is going to allow employees with concealed carry permits to carry firearms in schools. I'm a bit surprised that the gun grabbers haven't hit the national media with this one.
Personally, I think it is a great idea. The natural reaction for most people is: "Have our schools gotten so bad that teachers and administrators need to carry guns?" My question is, why did teachers ever stop carrying guns? I would imagine that there was a point in time when most teachers had a rifle at hand, especially in the frontier west. I'm no scholar, but I presume that it was probably urbanization (and sub-urbanization) that killed the practice.
We can only imagine how many lives would have been saved at Columbine, had a teacher or principal had a gun handy.
(link via Kate)
Damn...that's a scary thought. Didn't bring your homework? I bet a Colt .45 in the face would get students off their ass.
Posted by: SageOne at June 27, 2003 10:15 AMI think you miss the point of carrying a concealed firearm.
Posted by: Ravenwood at June 27, 2003 10:22 AMAs a reminder to those who oppose the law, the school shooting in Pearl, MS was ended by a teacher with a gun.
How many lives would have been saved had this teacher had his gun on him rather than having to cross the street, leaving school grounds, to retrieve his gun from his car, before confronting the student. (And to think there was discussion of prosecuting the teacher for bringing a gun onto school grounds).
As a parent who is trying to relocate to the Salt Lake City area, I feel much safer that teachers and students are no longer a "safe target".
Assault someone at school and you may find them fighting back.
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