ammosargeant said:
First of all i think more public school teachers and university teachers should carry a concealed weapon. I dont think they should tell there students if they are carrying. My daughter told my wife that one of her teachers has a ccw which i am fine with but i dont think he should tell the kids. These are elementary age kids and most of them have no idea what that is but it could cause problems for this teacher from other parents. I know we can carry in a public school but what are the teachers union policies? Can a teacher or professor carry? Would they get fired if students or parents found out? What are some thoughts about this issue?
It must be nice to be a cloistered academic and know everything about everything. Some of these people have got to get their heads out of the text books, test tubes, petri dishes & quite frankly their backsides and grab reality by the horns once in a while. How many lives would have been saved if CCW had been allowed by qualified teachers, students, caretakers, cleaning staff, whatever in schools and universities?
If the academic institutions do not want CCW on campus then they should be willing to foot the bill for an on site ARMED security guard or two on a 24/7 basis......and not some 70 year old near sighted grandpa on a cane with an shot out .38 cal. wheel gun working for minimum wage either. Goodness knows the tuition fees they're charging these days are high enough to buy some security for their staff & students.
In Canada, which is a liberal/anti Utopia, a scrawny kid with a Ruger mini-14 walked into a university campus in Montreal about a dozen years ago & casually picked off 14 female engineering students & then shot himself. What is really scary is that on a crowded university campus not a single person or group of persons tried to rush or in anyway subdue the shooter as he calmly & deliberately chose targets and shot them to death.
It would appear that the SAVE ME, everybody for themselves instinct for survival takes over to the exclusion of all others in these situations.....they scatter like a flock of sheep being attacked by a mad dog.
Experience has shown that in most of these situations each person is their OWN SAVIOR. On rare occassions a hero, or heroes will emerge from the panicked crowd and overpower the shooter, but not very often on a percentage basis. The natural human instinct to save oneself that is programmed into our DNA is the reason that each person should be allowed to carry the tool (a firearm) to defend themselves in the event of attack by a violent criminal. If you count on others, or the cops to protect you, past occurences have proven that it just isn't going to happen. They will attend your funeral.....that is the only solidarity that you can realistically expect.
Qualified & licensed persons should be able to CCW anywhere, anytime.