Teachers should have guns

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This was put forward (by a colleague) as a serious solution to prevent further tragedies in US.

I don't know how American teachers would feel, but I can't imagine any teachers wanting a gun in their desk.

However, AIBU to think that if this did happen, it would increase, not reduce tragedies, either students getting hold of a teacher's gun or a teacher themselves, in a MH crisis?

Yanbu, obviously, but your thread title is going to cause confusion.

Totally idiotic idea, and I say that as someone who owns firearms and shotguns. Nothing will change in America for a long long time, if ever.

And one gun would be useless against an assault weapon.

Ridiculous idea. Less guns, not more guns are needed.
US police are armed, armed guards patrol schools in many states - that doesn't stop maniacs with guns bursting into schools and public places killing people. Why does anybody imagine a teacher with a gun will change that?

my gut reaction is that adding more guns to America’s situation isn’t the best idea tbh.

Also imagine being a teacher expected to shoot your student...

That is already happening in some parts of the US. I read an article a year or two ago about how the are training teachers up on gun use and they are armed and ready to go in the classroom.

It's not the answer .

Fucking hell, as if teachers don’t have enough to deal with. Now they are expected to take up arms to protect their class, be trained in gun use, be expected to actively shoot somebody, potentially one of their students. Not to mention the teacher being at risk of the gun being used on them.

If guns stopped gun attacks then that would have happened already. America isn’t exactly lacking in guns.

Crazy idea and I know plenty of US educators who would just down tools and walk out faced with that prospect. My heart bleeds for those kids and my colleagues.

stupid

If you point a gun at someone you have to be prepared to kill someone's with it. Thankfully killing people doesn't come naturally to the majority of people. It's more likely and normal thinking citizen will be disarmed by a maniac or shot first.

As a teacher this horrifies me. Absolutely no way I would do that.

As has been said already, you don’t solve the problem of too many guns by adding more guns to the equation.

Awful situation over there. I can only hope that one day they’ll see sense and bring in proper controls, but with the mentality of the republicans and NRA sadly there’s little chance.

One gun may or may not get fired. Bring in another gun and almost certainly they both get fired. It’s the worst possible response.

I can’t imagine anything more likely to lead to additional casualties than an inexperienced and frightened teacher being involved in a shoot out with an armed intruder in a classroom full of terrified small children.

Very clear evidence that this would not solve the issues with gun crime.

The only thing that is going to solve the issue is tighter gun laws.

School shooters are typically armed to the teeth/ wearing bullet proof gear so the teacher is going to have to be prepared to make a head shot, right, first time. And surely this makes the teacher the first target potentially leaving the only adult in the room dead.
What about if students make a plan to overpower the teacher for the gun or the teacher gets the gun out on the pupils?

Guns are an issue? Let’s get more people to carry guns?
Bloody stupid

When I went to high school in America we had an armed police officer in the school at all times. It was a nice school in a very middle class area, children used to drive new mustangs and BMW’s to school as an idea of income level.

Your colleague is deranged. Keep him/her away from sharp objects.

He's a teacher 😆

Fucking no-one should have a gun!

Thank goodness we live in the UK.

Just train all the children in firearm use and arm them too!