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Given the amont of training being equal, and both having state licensing, what are the pros and cons of having armed teachers vs. armed guards, in schools ?
Actually, what we call "armed teachers", could be any school employees, not necessarily a teacher. A janitor, a nurse, a psychologist, an administrator,maintenance worker, etc. They all have something in common. They all already have a job, and don't need to be paid to carry a gun, and volunteer as a schools safety officer.
Armed guards, however, do need to be paid, and would require some significant extra expense to have them. This is especialy true, when you consider that it's possible to have as many as a couple of dozen amed employee volunteers per school, but for armed guards, having anythng close to that number would not be economical.
So for those people who are opposed to arming the teachers and other school employees, do they want to pay the cost of hiring armed guards, out of their own pockets ? Or do they expect all of us to pay this unecessary extra cost ? (so as to have an equivalent amount of school protection)
And for those who oppose the idea of arming the school employees as safety volunteers, why ? What's the basis for the objection ? Please try not to be ridiculous when answering this .
Actually, what we call "armed teachers", could be any school employees, not necessarily a teacher. A janitor, a nurse, a psychologist, an administrator,maintenance worker, etc. They all have something in common. They all already have a job, and don't need to be paid to carry a gun, and volunteer as a schools safety officer.
Armed guards, however, do need to be paid, and would require some significant extra expense to have them. This is especialy true, when you consider that it's possible to have as many as a couple of dozen amed employee volunteers per school, but for armed guards, having anythng close to that number would not be economical.
So for those people who are opposed to arming the teachers and other school employees, do they want to pay the cost of hiring armed guards, out of their own pockets ? Or do they expect all of us to pay this unecessary extra cost ? (so as to have an equivalent amount of school protection)
And for those who oppose the idea of arming the school employees as safety volunteers, why ? What's the basis for the objection ? Please try not to be ridiculous when answering this .
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