This is why teachers need to arm themselves

[BS Filter]

Crap, many aren't even willing to pay teachers to do what they were hired to do in the first place and you think they will support this?

That's a sad statement if so.

You know what's even sadder? Being an unarmed target for an armed deranged lunatic.

 

[BS Filter]

Flat tires while not as common as they once were are still quite common and even then manufacturers are doing away with spare tires.




I do NOT care if you carry. I just want nothing to do with a church with armed guards at the door. Do you frisk strangers or members that might have been acting odd? If not how do armed guards stop anything? Anyone that wanted to shoot up your church would simply conceal carry.

And they would get shot immediately because many people in the congregation are carrying.

 

[JGalt]

Trained police officers with body armor, ballistic shields, high powered rifles refused to act

In your fantasy you expect teachers will

You don't know how everyone is going to react in any given situation .

Are you Mr. Wizard or something?

 

[Woodznutz]

Not all teachers should be armed.
But teachers with gun handling experience, such as ex-military, ex-police, or competitive shooters, should be encouraged to carry.

All teachers should be armed with something, even if it's a Super Soaker filled with pepper spray.

 

[BS Filter]

Yea
We should depend on armed teachers

Yep. Common sense is difficult for you, huh.

 

[JGalt]

Flat tires while not as common as they once were are still quite common and even then manufacturers are doing away with spare tires.




I do NOT care if you carry. I just want nothing to do with a church with armed guards at the door. Do you frisk strangers or members that might have been acting odd? If not how do armed guards stop anything? Anyone that wanted to shoot up your church would simply conceal carry.

Well the good thing is, you're not required to go to that particular church, or to any other church for that matter.

Ain't that First Amendment grand?

 

[initforme]

Common sense is a 10 thousand dollar stipend plus tax payer funded training.

 

[Woodznutz]

I do NOT care if you carry. I just want nothing to do with a church with armed guards at the door. Do you frisk strangers or members that might have been acting odd? If not how do armed guards stop anything? Anyone that wanted to shoot up your church would simply conceal carry.

Most Churches Plan for Potential Gunman, Divided Over Armed Congregants - Lifeway Research

Most Protestant pastors say their congregations have taken some precautions to protect those in attendance from a church shooting.

research.lifeway.com

 

[initforme]

Worshipping via zoom has been great. It's a boon for churches.

 

[pknopp]

You know what's even sadder? Being an unarmed target for an armed deranged lunatic.

Irrelevant. You want to pay teachers to be armed but not to actually teach.

 

[pknopp]

And they would get shot immediately because many people in the congregation are carrying.

Right, so why the need for armed guards at the door?

 

[pknopp]

Well the good thing is, you're not required to go to that particular church, or to any other church for that matter.

Ain't that First Amendment grand?

I'm not. I'm just trying to get an explanation for armed guards at the door. So far I don't have one.

 

[BS Filter]

Irrelevant. You want to pay teachers to be armed but not to actually teach.

Irrelevant? Armed teachers can teach. Why not?

 

[pknopp]

Most Churches Plan for Potential Gunman, Divided Over Armed Congregants - Lifeway Research

Most Protestant pastors say their congregations have taken some precautions to protect those in attendance from a church shooting.

research.lifeway.com

I'm pretty sure they aren't speaking for "most" churches.

 

[BS Filter]

Right, so why the need for armed guards at the door?

Duh! Why are there armed guards at the courthouse?

 

[pknopp]

Irrelevant? Armed teachers can teach. Why not?

Right, avoid my point.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Scary sounding church. Sheesh. I fully support one's right to carry but armed guards at the doors? I'll attend elsewhere.

It's not like the crazies dont attack churches.
I can think of three incidences off the top of my head.

 

[pknopp]

It's not like the crazies dont attack churches.
I can think of three incidences off the top of my head.

Yes, three out of millions and millions of church services.

 

[badger2]

Agree. We have an armed policeman at the entrance of our church. There are also probably a dozen armed people inside the church on Sunday morning. No one has ever accidentally been shot.

The practice stems from a regulation in the American South that churchgoers had to carry guns into the service due to local black slaves rioting. The practice also links to the pathology of John Wesley holding prayer meetings in an abandoned gun factory.

 

[whitehall]

Teachers need to be permitted to carry a firearm but it's a real bad idea to force someone to be armed. It's an important distinction.