tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028461499990943066.post7726545004407842968..comments2023-08-20T10:44:05.001-04:00Comments on TerrorWonk: Policy Responses to the Newtown TragedyAaron Manneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688396444883511392noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028461499990943066.post-16122895677438929582012-12-19T21:57:04.755-05:002012-12-19T21:57:04.755-05:00Thanks for your comment!
I don't doubt the et...Thanks for your comment!<br /><br />I don't doubt the ethics, but I'd prefer the armed individuals to have some substantial training. In areas where people are more comfortable with gun ownership, perhaps encouraging some teachers to be armed is fine.<br /><br />I know where I live - regardless of the merits - that would not fly, parents would simply not tolerate it. An Assistant Principal however, who was a former police officer and was known to be armed would be more readily accepted.Aaron Manneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12688396444883511392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028461499990943066.post-52626117549358529092012-12-19T07:35:41.062-05:002012-12-19T07:35:41.062-05:00"While armed individuals might prevent these ..."While armed individuals might prevent these massacres, but there would be a corresponding increase in disputes escalating to gun-play." We've been hearing this hand wringing worry about blood in the streets ever since Florida liberalized its concealed carry rules, and it hasn't happened.<br /><br /><br />"Could room be made for retired police officers and military personnel to become teachers?"<br />I am a former career cop, and I cannot find any experience that leads me to believe that "civilians" are too stupid and ethically challenged to recognize and respond to a deadly threat when it appears. KarlJnoreply@blogger.com