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Guns cause harm. Having more guns in people's hands only increases the chances of gun-caused harm to our children.

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 @9F9P65M from South Carolina  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Guns don't kill people. People kill people. Pencils don't write papers. People write papers. A sane, properly trained teacher with a gun is a very safe and good idea to have in schools for self defense.

 @9GGCD4N from Georgia  commented…2yrs2Y

problem with this is by the time the teacher can pull out the gun to to stop the mad-man with agun, some people have probably been hurt, some killed, even. I wouldn't necessarily oppose this measure but there are probably better measures like posting police at schools and doing thorough background checks on people who buy guns.

 @9RSWTTMConstitution from Washington  commented…11mos11MO

The fastest, most effective response time will be from a teacher, who is armed, and well regulated. (Knows how, and can, shoot to kill a man). A well-regulated militia keeps secure the free state. Let the militia, whom are also teachers, keep and bear arms. We can't rely on the police. We couldn't in Columbine, we couldn't in Uvalde. Rely on The Militia, made of The People. Our founders 200 years ago knew this.

 @dijonmonkey from Utah  commented…7mos7MO

#3 Informed Domestic Policy Informed Armed Teachers

It's all about reaction time. When you want to insure the safety of your students, sacrifices have to be made.

  @Cuz-I-Know-Stuff from Ohio  disagreed…5mos5MO

#4 Engaged Domestic Policy Informed Armed Teachers

“doing thorough background checks on people who buy guns.”

We do thorough background checks on people. Most of the time people who commit crimes using them buy guns smuggled into the U.S. by (get this) ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!

 @9TYJFHK from Illinois  commented…9mos9MO

Uniformed cops will be even slower (more students murdered, on average) than armed teachers.

When **** hits the fan, we need to end it in a manner which maximises survival of the victims. Lethally incapacitating the murderer (or coercing their surrender) sooner results in fewer deaths.

  @@1876-Elbert from Colorado  commented…9mos9MO

#8 Engaged Domestic Policy

Yes, but they could stop more from being murdered.

 @9YKNJR7  from California  disagreed…8mos8MO

That would just increase the risk of someone getting hurt. If a teacher has a gun the bad guy might be more likely to get angry and even start shooting.

 @9LVHY5XPeace and Freedom from Pennsylvania  commented…1yr1Y

bros trippin lol

 @9Y74CRZDemocrat from New York  agreed…8mos8MO

Informed Armed Teachers

Thank you.

 @9F9K3QK from Tennessee  disagreed…2yrs2Y

A course should be offered and required to pass for all teachers who wish to carry guns. Safe gun control is not a hard thing to understand or abide by.

 @9VB22N8Democrat  from New York  disagreed…9mos9MO

Informed Armed Teachers

“A course should be offered and required to pass for all teachers who wish to carry guns.”

Safe gun control seemingly IS a hard thing to understand and abide by- look at what's going on in our country! School shootings are happening left and right. As a student, I am genuinely scared of a school shooting- and if the current, restrictive laws we have right now don't work, how can I trust that this "course" will?

 @9RSWTTMConstitution from Washington  commented…11mos11MO

Yeah, they should qualify on child sized targets, unironically.

But, not being able to hit a target doesn't revoke your right.

 @9F9M2XD from Texas  disagreed…2yrs2Y

I will feel safer knowing my teacher has a 9mm in the room with me. As long as the teacher went through train background checks and has a safe with a code or a holster to store it. I feel like this will lower the threat of school shooting. I will be honest, the people who say that guns kill aren’t thinking straight. The gun is merely a tool, it’s the one using it that’s the killer. The UK banned guns and then they switch to knifes. So if we are to go by the logic the left side is pushing we should surrender our guns, after it was guns that won this nation form the British. And I say if the government tried to take power like what’s it’s doing now then we have a right to defend ourselves from them. Just as the founding fathers did and that’s why they wrote it in there.

 @9GGCD4N from Georgia  commented…2yrs2Y

Banning guns is stupid as **** . I say this as a liberal, and the measures you propose (that being extensive background checks, training, etc...) is something I agree with, though the police would probably do a better job.

  @Cuz-I-Know-Stuff from Ohio  commented…5mos5MO

#4 Engaged Domestic Policy Informed Armed Teachers

I never thought that I would ever say this about a liberal but, I agree with you. You are probably the most sane liberals in the world.

 @9TYJFHK from Illinois  commented…9mos9MO

Cops are usually worse-trained than personal concealed-carriers.

 @9F9PRM2 from Florida  disagreed…2yrs2Y

In my opinion I would feel safer if I knew my teacher had a gun to protect me and my children in the future.

  @Change-My-MindRepublican  from Ohio  disagreed…5mos5MO

#2 Informed Domestic Policy #2 Expert Armed Teachers

GUNS DO NOT KILL

*Jaws theme plays* GUNS DO NOT KILL! People kill people using guns. This same logic would imply that dying to natural causes is the same as suicide.

 @9F9KL3M from North Carolina  disagreed…2yrs2Y

if a student has a gun, and the teacher is unarmed, then the teacher dies, and the shooting continues. this will prevent shootings if we allow guns in the school.

 @9F9Q2V6Green from California  disagreed…2yrs2Y

If an armed intruder welcomes themselves on campus the teachers would be able to scare the intruder, maybe, and protect the kids.

 @9F9KFPKPeace and Freedom from Illinois  disagreed…2yrs2Y

The Government are the ones that keeps making guns and more easier to be bought illegally. If this the case we going to deal with might as well have a gun with you for your own protections. Also it supports right to bear arms amendment.

 @9F9J35B from South Carolina  disagreed…2yrs2Y

i believe teachers should have firearms locked into a safe under there desk that requires only a code they know i also believe the edjucation system should pay for them too get trained too use those firearms

 @9F9KNJY from Texas  disagreed…2yrs2Y

But even if guns are banned there is still people who break laws. How are we gonna defend ourselfes from someone with a gun. Are we just suppose to run or stop being sissys and fight the right way?

 @9F9KBGM from Kansas  disagreed…2yrs2Y

the government should do something about it. Kids don’t have the blame for it. It’s the people who lends the gun especially when it’s a law that you can purchase a gun.

 @9F9HFQQ from Texas  disagreed…2yrs2Y

No, Gun have the potential to cause harm.The same can be said about a knife, but in life there are those who are responsible and those who aren't we just have yet been able to come up with a system or test to find out if some is responsible enough to handle a gun.

 @9F9FNZ9 from California  disagreed…2yrs2Y

The user harms others with guns. The gun is merely a tool, that can be learned to keep society safe and protected as opposed to vulnerable and scared.

 @9F9BWDTDemocrat from North Carolina  disagreed…2yrs2Y

If there were an accident with a child getting a hold on the weapon, there could be even more death by guns.

 @9F9BJ27Democratfrom Guam  disagreed…2yrs2Y

harm sometimes is necessary evil
Having more guns in Teachers hands increases the chances of attackers being naturalized

 @9F9QJDN from Ohio  disagreed…2yrs2Y

incase of a shooter or threat teachers can protect and defend themselves or students. even if one day a teacher go's crazy and tries shooting up the school the other teachers can help.

 @9F9NP9JPeace and Freedom from Florida  disagreed…2yrs2Y

teachers should and can go through classes and training in order to keep their gun, and have it in a hidden spot nobody knows about.

 @9F9LPP8 from Virginia  disagreed…2yrs2Y

If the teacher has a gun in the class room and knows how to use it and can function properly in a classroom the think about the amount of lives that could be saved when a school shooting does occur.

 @9F9L8VV from Utah  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Having gun's in the classroom with proper training, education, and carrying is one of the only ways to save the kids from the mentally insane.

 @9LZNMDX  from New York  commented…1yr1Y

Just the fact that you use the term "mentally insane" shows you don't know what you're talking about. What's the alternative -- rectally insane? The term "mentally insane" is both redundant and inane. Facts: the vast majority of shooters don't have a documented mental illness, and the vast majority of people with mental illness are not shooters.

 @9F9KC23 from Pennsylvania  disagreed…2yrs2Y

There were 188 school shootings at private and public schools in 2021-2022 i think that the teachers should have to take a course every month and if they don't pass then no they can not carry a gun but if they pass then yes they can carry. i think the teachers should have to sign there gun in and out when coming and leaving school.

 @9F9MPFDRepublican from Georgia  disagreed…2yrs2Y

If a teacher has had proper training from law enforcement, received their carry permit, and paced all finger printing tests they should be allowed. The teacher has the right to bear arms like any other US citizens if they have taken the proper steps.

  @@1876-Elbert from Colorado  disagreed…8mos8MO

#8 Engaged Domestic Policy

Yes, the guns will cause harm. Not the crackpots that decided it was a good idea to shoot a bunch of kids. In Elbert County, everyone has at least 1 gun. How many times do you think there has been a shooting? The answer is none. There has never been a shooting. If there are 27,799 guns in the county, respectively, a gun should have been shot off at a school, and yet that has never happened. The reason? They are all decent people.

 @9RSWTTMConstitution from Washington  commented…11mos11MO

Guns protect people. If teachers and school staff were armed, the children would be safer. Even if only through the self-preservation instincts of the staff.

 @9F8QQWD from Texas  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Guns are a tool used to protect our politicians every day, we already protect everything else important with guns, what makes this any different?

 @8Y4GM78Republican from Kansas  commented…10mos10MO

I agree burnout is a thing. Teachers are regular people who can experience that. They don’t get treated the best so they could snap and be the one to cause the harm. If they don’t have a weapon then it helps.

  @TexanGOP from Texas  commented…2yrs2Y

Sorry, but I disagree because i'm a Texan if you cannot tell by the Logo, and the Name I want is what's best for the Country and we have to have guns in this Country for protection. Sorry to say this you have been brainwashed by the Democrats, picture this you have a family and a terrorist breaks into your house you need to have some sort of protection even if its a gun that's why not everybody can have a gun legally they have to have a permit in the State Of Texas. @TexanGOP approves this message.

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