Why
Teachers should have guns in school
Teachers should be
armed in school because it can increase the safety of the school if done
carefully. It will be a big and hard change for people, especially parents, to
accept. But if you make sure the teachers have proper training and background
checks I believe this can be very useful and can help save many lives.
Teachers deserve the
right to protect their students. Most teachers would be willing to take a
bullet to protect the kids their put in charge of. But why let it come to that?
If they were given guns they would be able to protect their students without
having to lose their life. Weapons such as guns can be very dangerous. But with
it being properly concealed and having teachers careful and responsible with
them it can keep the students safe without worrying about the risk of a student
getting their hands on one.
Teachers and other
staff members being armed will not just give them the chance to defend
themselves and the students but it decrease the chance of a killer entering a
school. Where would a homicidal maniac be more tempted to attack, a place that
said ‘we have guns and know how to use them’ or a place that says ‘we are a gun
free zone’? Even with being able to call, according to http://www.self-defense-mind-body-spirit.com/average-police-response-time.html,
911 the average response time it takes for the police to show up is 10 minutes.
And that’s just in America, it can be even longer in different countries with
worse legal systems. In that time someone could have shot down several
classrooms and have already escaped.
By promoting the idea that
schools are devoid of weapons you are not just giving parents a sense of
security but killers and criminals too. It would be so easy for people to rob a
place with no weapons and proper security. Also with phones, ipods, laptops,
and portable game systems there are a lot of things a person could rob for
hundreds of dollars easily. They also wouldn’t even need to worry about anyone
fighting back or having a weapon on them. With all of this combined all schools
might as well have giant targets painted on the front of it. They are trying to
promote safety but in doing that the schools are just inviting in more danger
for themselves and the staff. Schools have accidentally made themselves a
target to anyone with a weapon in their pocket and the mindset to kill.
In conclusion this is
why schools need to have teachers and staff to be armed. Gun control is a civil
right due to the second amendment and while it can be risky, if done correctly
in schools teachers and students will have much less a reason to fear. Having
concealed guns in school is the key to stop making schools a target. This
solution can quickly stop and prevent this kind of crisis. Even one person
armed can save many people. It only takes one person to save a life.
