Teachers and administrators could carry concealed weapons at schools if the Safer Schools Act of 2013 makes it through the state House and Senate.
Rep. Liz Pike, R-Camas, introduced a bill earlier this month that would allow qualified school personnel to undergo training to be able to conceal carry firearms in Washington schools pursuant to an adopted school safety plan.
Here’s what Pike had to say about the bill:
“In many of our public places, we have an armed security presence. In many of our schools, we do not. Those who want to harm our children know they can walk into some of our schools and meet little resistance. This makes our students and teachers vulnerable. The Safe Schools Act would provide an option to school boards to improve the safety of their children while they are in school – based on the desires of their communities. It would also empower teachers and supplement local law enforcement in the event of a school shooting.”
The bill hasn’t been scheduled for a hearing in the House.
What do you think of the idea of teachers and staff carrying concealed weapons in schools?
Does anybody remember a time when school was a care free and enjoyable place to be? When the worst thing that happened on any given day is a shoving match or an excuse about the dog eating homework? Or cutting class and inventing your own note?
Today’s school system is a very dangerous place to be. Instead of corporal punishment for the above mentioned “offenses” we are now willing to put students in the ground literally and permanently. instead of a time out we are now administering dirt naps. How times have changed.
However, we must be willing to defend those who are going to school to get a decent education or the very fabric of society will fall apart.
We should have weapons available. However, some teachers may be overpowered and their guns taken away. Therefore, there must be certain specially trained paramilitary teachers who are specially trained to handle the weapons and take down any person who pulls a gun and knife in school and threatens the life or well being of another student.
The school system is teaching people that they have descended from the ameoba or single cell creatures and therefore single cell behavior is not wrong. If we are not human and only animals then it must be ok to act like an animal right?
The false “science” of evolution is just as flawed as the idea that the Earth is flat. There will come a day when future generations will say we lived in the Dark Ages of thought.