Should teachers in general be armed?

[tortoise1956]

12. Please read my entire post before jumping on me...

I personally feel that there should be an option for allowing teachers who have demonstrated they are fully trained and have been shown to be of sound mind, and are willing to maintain their certification, to be able to carry weapons at school. However, this would be strictly on a voluntary basis, and the teachers would NOT be identified.

The reason I advocate for this is because I believe that removing the certainty that all classrooms are gun-free zones would help to deter future active shooters from using schools as their hunting grounds. Right now, even on campuses that have a police presence, all a shooter has to do is to start their heinous acts on the other side of school and they know that they have at least a small window of time before the LEO can get to them.

I know that arming teachers is not the best answer, but until we get at the root cause that leads to creating these sick individuals, we are stuck with less than optimum options.

OK, fire away. Just, please try to be gentle...