They are tired of getting shot Caniac... I'd have no problem with teachers being permitted to have a firearm, and they should get paid more for doing so! If you really think gun laws are the issue you are underinformed. The last gun law amendment we had from Clinton had no impact on gun crimes.

By far the better question is why some school personnel are not trained and armed. This individual attacked a school for a reason, he knew there would be no meaningful resistance to him for a significant period of time. As soon as resistance appeared, he killed himself.

The ideal would be to have trained law enforcement personnel in every school in the nation. I do not think this will be happening due to cost and an unwillingness to pay that monetary cost.

To think that schools will be safe without some trained and armed personnel on site is to simply bury you head in the sand and refuse to face reality.

Only derranged individuals see guns as an offensive weapon to harm others. Sane individuals recognize that a gun is a defensive tool to provide protection against harm.

I will be very pleased when those school personnel who are willing are trained and armed to protect their students and fellow teachers.

How does a mind like this work? I can't fathom this warped thinking.

Job posting for teacher: must be certified K-12 educator; requires Masters in Education; must be trained or trainable in using firearms to shoot potential intruders.

Heard on WRDU 106.1 this AM, where this is already permitted in a Texas district. I personally have no problems with allowing concealed carry on school grounds. The holders already have background checks and some training.

Why not provide a added level of training and allow this. And yes I do carry concealed as well as open, where legal, whereas the criminal element does not follow the laws prohibiting carry in dis-allowed places.

So - not only do teachers have to teach, encourage, console, grade, discipline, do eye tests, meet with parents, etc --- now someone wants them to be bodyguards? Why don't you just take all the kids and the teacher and lock them up on a mountain or in a high-security location until the kids are 18? If I were a teacher, I would say ENOUGH.

I don't object to a resopnsible HIGHLY trained individual having a gun that is kept in secure location but I really have my doubts about a teacher who is already overly responsible for 20-plus kids for 6 to 7 hours a day and who has had a week of fire arms training being the right person to carry a gun in a school.

By far the better question is why some school personnel are not trained and armed. This individual attacked a school for a reason, he knew there would be no meaningful resistance to him for a significant period of time. As soon as resistance appeared, he killed himself.

So let me get this straight. The guy shot himself to avoid being shot?

So we get a teacher with mental problems in the classroom with a gun and what happens next?

We've got thousands of army folks returning from the middle east,let them do it!

I saw a great suggestion this week from someone in a forum, take some of the ex-military who are unable to find work in the US after ending their service to this country and hire them as armed guards. As far as teachers, I have a CCW permit and if I taught school I would be more than glad to carry while at work teaching.

By far the better question is why some school personnel are not trained and armed. This individual attacked a school for a reason, he knew there would be no meaningful resistance to him for a significant period of time. As soon as resistance appeared, he killed himself. - jdmiii

How about the fact that his mother worked there? She could have worked at a hospital and he'd have done the same thing there.

Asking teachers to carry a weapon has got to be the dumbest idea ever.

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