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Agreed (except the "automatic" weapon part), but the article has some assuring facts: > Armed teachers would be required to undergo criminal background checks

Agreed (except the "automatic" weapon part), but the article has some assuring facts: > Armed teachers would be required to undergo criminal background checks and receive eight hours of additional training each subsequent year. I would be in favor of even more training, frankly. Owning a gun is already a serious responsibility; using it in defense of others is an existential concern.

olliej 4y ago
Yeah, schools - especially in these states that are promoting armed teachers - are already under funded, so I assume that these pro-guns-in-school states will be requiring teachers to buy their own guns, pay for their own training, etc. There have already been numerous cases of teachers and "school resource"/police officers beating kids, I'm sure adding a gun won't go wrong. Now for your repeat of the facetious claims that an AR-15 is not "automatic". An "consumer" AR-15 is ArmaLite's realization that by making a semi-automatic trigger pull killing weapon - an AR-15 is not a self defence weapon - they could make a huge profit from wannabe Rambos. But it's still automatic. I've used plenty of non-automatic weapons on many occasions (if you need to be able to shoot lots of time when hunting, you need to learn to shoot), and there is no way that I could ever get any of those rifles to anywhere in the vicinity of 45/minute. I don't care if a weapon is fully- or semi- automatic, it's automatic. The purpose of an AR-15 is to kill people. The "Semi" automatic mode fires at 45 rounds a minute, which is more than needed for self defense or hunting (unless you suck at it). That's ignoring bump stocks, which pro-school shooting folk are still trying to make legal again.
- 0daystock 4y ago
  > I assume that these pro-guns-in-school states will be requiring teachers to buy their own guns, pay for their own training, etc. The article already says they will receive training gratis. > There have already been numerous cases of teachers and "school resource"/police officers beating kids, I'm sure adding a gun won't go wrong. What prevents them from having a gun now, other than a sign? > an AR-15 is not a self defence weapon - they could make a huge profit from wannabe Rambos. It is used defensively thousands of times per year, disproportionally more than used for offensive tasks. > I don't care if a weapon is fully- or semi- automatic, it's automatic. You may think so, but it doesn't make it true. They're different technologies, and one is already restricted. > The purpose of an AR-15 is to kill people. Indeed, and when bad people want to do bad things, good people should be empowered with the same tools to resist them. > The "Semi" automatic mode fires at 45 rounds a minute, which is more than needed for self defense or hunting (unless you suck at it). The 2nd Amendment is neither for self-defense nor for hunting, to assume so is to be ignorant of America's history with firearms and rebellion.

olliej 4y ago

Yeah, schools - especially in these states that are promoting armed teachers - are already under funded, so I assume that these pro-guns-in-school states will be requiring teachers to buy their own guns, pay for their own training, etc. There have already been numerous cases of teachers and "school resource"/police officers beating kids, I'm sure adding a gun won't go wrong. Now for your repeat of the facetious claims that an AR-15 is not "automatic". An "consumer" AR-15 is ArmaLite's realization that by making a semi-automatic trigger pull killing weapon - an AR-15 is not a self defence weapon - they could make a huge profit from wannabe Rambos. But it's still automatic. I've used plenty of non-automatic weapons on many occasions (if you need to be able to shoot lots of time when hunting, you need to learn to shoot), and there is no way that I could ever get any of those rifles to anywhere in the vicinity of 45/minute. I don't care if a weapon is fully- or semi- automatic, it's automatic. The purpose of an AR-15 is to kill people. The "Semi" automatic mode fires at 45 rounds a minute, which is more than needed for self defense or hunting (unless you suck at it). That's ignoring bump stocks, which pro-school shooting folk are still trying to make legal again.

0daystock 4y ago
> I assume that these pro-guns-in-school states will be requiring teachers to buy their own guns, pay for their own training, etc. The article already says they will receive training gratis. > There have already been numerous cases of teachers and "school resource"/police officers beating kids, I'm sure adding a gun won't go wrong. What prevents them from having a gun now, other than a sign? > an AR-15 is not a self defence weapon - they could make a huge profit from wannabe Rambos. It is used defensively thousands of times per year, disproportionally more than used for offensive tasks. > I don't care if a weapon is fully- or semi- automatic, it's automatic. You may think so, but it doesn't make it true. They're different technologies, and one is already restricted. > The purpose of an AR-15 is to kill people. Indeed, and when bad people want to do bad things, good people should be empowered with the same tools to resist them. > The "Semi" automatic mode fires at 45 rounds a minute, which is more than needed for self defense or hunting (unless you suck at it). The 2nd Amendment is neither for self-defense nor for hunting, to assume so is to be ignorant of America's history with firearms and rebellion.