Comments on: Texas teachers can pack heat

By: Susancnw

Susancnw — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:26:26 +0000

I can remember back when I was in HS (during the Dark Ages) and you could pull into the parking lot and see any number of pickups with gun racks and guns in them. Never really occurred to me to look askance at it…and this was in the student parking lot. Just didn’t think it was that odd…and I’d moved from the Atlanta suburbs to a small town in Tx.

By: Mooseman

Mooseman — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:24:02 +0000

#On August 15th, 2008 at 9:13 pm, usa_usa said:

World will be so much better if everyone had a gun (or two, or AK-47)

“An Armed Society is a Polite Society” – Robert Heinlein

I would trust the AK over an M-16 any day of the week. Honestly, an M-1 Garand or an M-14 would be my first choice with an M-1911A1 as a sidearm.

I’m glad this system in Texas is allowing teachers to defend themselves.

By: terristeelmagnolia

terristeelmagnolia — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:37:28 +0000

Good… if I were a teacher, I would pack heat too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: mattm

mattm — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:37:42 +0000

As a College student I hope that some day my kids may be able to carry guns when the are in college.

On the VTech. Anniversary some group held a memorial/anti-gun service. One of the asked me if I felt safer because guns were not allowed, I said “no.” When asked why I sad “well, you claim that the Vtech. students killed were safe because the law said not guns were allowed,” and walked off.

By: Elm Creek Smith

Elm Creek Smith — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:57:40 +0000

Does anyone else remember walking to elementary school carrying a single-shot .22 rifle so you could hunt on the way home? We kept them in the coat room, and no one turned a hair. Mrs. Walker only asked at the beginning of the day if we were sure the rifles were unloaded. No one messed with anyone else’s guns, no one got shot at school, and some of us took home meat that otherwise might not be on the dinner menu.

I understand that times have changed, but the idea that schools should be “gun-free zones” is ludicrous. The Pearl, MS, school shooter was stopped by the vice-principal who had to run to his truck parked off-campus to retrieve his .45 and run back. “Gun-free school zones” killed or injured children that day.

ECS

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By: purplepeep

purplepeep — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:20:04 +0000

englishqueen01 said:
But I clearly remember another thread, and how liberals always say that stuff like sex education makes people “informed” users of “safe” sex.

Back in my day, “safe sex” meant the lasses’ dad didn’t own a shotgun and the guy’s parents & siblings were out of the house for a few hours.

By: laggarticus

laggarticus — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:59:46 +0000

ACLU lawsuit in 5… 4… 3…

By: swmbo

swmbo — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:30:03 +0000

Action

REACTION

That is discipline at it’s best.

By: DaveC

DaveC — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:10:08 +0000

Just to add on what’s being batted about in the comments..

those who can’t do, teach,
those who can’t teach, troll…

By: plymouthacclaim

plymouthacclaim — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:43:22 +0000

To quote the Dairy Queen commercial:

That's what I like about Texas!

I love living here! Lord willing, my son is never going to a public school, though. I went to both public and private schools, and I can tell you the difference. My parents didn't see the problem with public schools until we started going to a Christian school. Boy, is there a difference.

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By: graysonret

graysonret — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:11:32 +0000

The first thing I thought of, when reading this article, is how changed our culture has become, when we are glad teachers can have guns at school. Society really needs to take a step back and ponder how we got to this step. Growing up, kids brought guns to school; hunting after class, gun club. They might even show the gun to their teacher who might say, “Cool. Let me see”. Even teachers had guns; same reason…or for demonstration. Of course, then, teachers had the privilege to smack students out of line. Students could go home, and get smacked again, for the same reason. Is it video games, tv, movies that spark this “violence solves everything” mentality? Going to English school for awhile, showed me how the “cane” was used, though old Mr. Burns wouldn’t use it on us Americans; just the Brits. It’s sad to see how our centers of learning have become battle zones, instead of education zones. I was reading the other day, about Dunbar H.S., in D.C., that, for years, used to be one of the finest schools in the nation, producing Ivy League college graduates. Now, it is one of the worse, yet people/society don’t care anymore. A sad state of affairs, when we’re happy that teachers can arm themselves.

By: revGDright

revGDright — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:13:02 +0000

I’m not sure but I don’t think this is anything new. About 4 years ago I was taking one of my Texas CHL renewal classes and the instructor said a few school districts were starting to discretely send select teachers in for the course. The law made it legal to carry in school provided the administration approved it. It doesn’t have to be public knowledge. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are quite a few teachers out there packing right now.