My husband is a teacher and has law enforcement weapons training. As he points out though, that was 29 years ago. Back then he would have had a decent chance of hitting a school shooter, but today he would be lucky to have a 20% chance at hitting an active shooter and not another student. He does not want to carry a gun in school. He would not want to be at a school with armed teachers that didn't have recent weapons training either. The school would have to pay for weapons training and to get around current federal laws teachers would have to become sworn officers. The schools can't afford copy paper and other supplies for students but they can afford to pay for weapons training? Doubtful.
My husband has also been attacked by a student. If he had a gun on his body, he says it is very likely the student could have gotten the gun. There are a lot of parallels between the student who attacked him and the Florida shooter.
The amount of insurance schools would need to carry and the amount of lawsuits for gun mishaps would be outrageous. Once again, they can afford this but not the money to provide supplies and support services to students? Teachers aren't allowed to give lunch money to hungry or homeless students due to liability reasons and many districts have rules against giving food period to hungry students due to lawsuit fears. Teachers with guns are going to bring a host of lawsuits. What is to stop an angry student from saying their teacher threatened them with a gun?
This is just a bad idea all around.
My husband has also been attacked by a student. If he had a gun on his body, he says it is very likely the student could have gotten the gun. There are a lot of parallels between the student who attacked him and the Florida shooter.
The amount of insurance schools would need to carry and the amount of lawsuits for gun mishaps would be outrageous. Once again, they can afford this but not the money to provide supplies and support services to students? Teachers aren't allowed to give lunch money to hungry or homeless students due to liability reasons and many districts have rules against giving food period to hungry students due to lawsuit fears. Teachers with guns are going to bring a host of lawsuits. What is to stop an angry student from saying their teacher threatened them with a gun?
This is just a bad idea all around.