State Puts Guns In Teachers' Hands

CLASSROOMS IN COLORADO WILL NOW BE ARMING THEIR
TEACHERS WITH GUNS IN AN EFFORT TO CUT DOWN ON GUN VIOLENCE.
TEACHERS WILL BE OFFERED A THREE-DAY COURSE WHICH
CONSISTS OF FIREARMS AND MEDICAL TRAINING, AND IT WAS
LAUNCHED ON TUESDAY IN WELD COUNTY.
17 MEMBERS OF STAFF WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED ARMED
FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE TAKEN PART SO FAR.
THE PILOT PROGRAM WILL ALLOW VOLUNTEERS TO ENTER SCHOOLS
WITH GUNS UNDER US CONCEALED CARRY LAWS.
THIS COURSE IS PROVIDED BY THE FACULTY ADMINISTRATOR
SAFETY TRAINING IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE GROUP OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS FASTER, AND IT WAS SET UP BY PARENTS, LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND MEDICAL EXPERTS WHO BELIEVE THAT US
SCHOOLS ARE A SOFT TARGET FOR VIOLENCE.
THIS WAS SET UP AFTER SANDY HOOK IN 2012.
THE MOVE HAS ANGERED CAMPAIGN GROUPS SUCH AS SAFE CAMPUS
COLORADO, WHICH ENCOURAGES ITS SUPPORTERS TO POTENTIAL AND
LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO HELP KEEP GUNS OUT OF SCHOOL, WHICH I
THINK IS SOMETHING WE CAN ALL AGREE ON.
IN FACT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND YOU LOOK AT
THE SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENS, UNFORTUNATELY IN SCHOOLS.
OF THE 37 SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AT 26 DAYS, THEY FOUND THAT NEARLY
2/3 OF THOSE INCIDENTS, THAT TACK OR GOT THE GUN FROM
HIS OR HER OWN FAMILY OR THAT OF A RELATIVE, SO WHILE I
THINK THEY HAVE GOOD INTENTION HERE BY ARMING SOME OF THE
TEACHERS, I THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE PRUDENT TO TALK
TO PARENTS AND RELATIVES OF STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR GUN
SAFETY WITHIN THEIR OWN HOME SINCE THAT IS WHERE THESE
SCHOOL SHOOTERS HAVE RECEIVED THEIR HANDGUNS AND WHAT NOT.
HERE'S THE THING, AT SCHOOL, THEY PLAYED TO DO THIS.
THEY WON HERE IN ONE PENNSYLVANIA.
THEY BOUGHT FOR SEMI AUTOMATIC RIFLES AND THEY'RE GOING TO
HAVE THEM AT SCHOOL AND PARENTS ARE SET.
THE IDEA IS YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE GUNS AT SCHOOL.
THEORETICALLY, THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO BE IN THE
POSSESSION OF TRAINED TEACHERS WHO HAVE THE GUNS UNDER
LOCK AND KEY AND UNDER SUPERVISION AT ALL TIMES.
THAT SAID, KIDS GET INTO PLACES THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GET INTO
AND IF YOU HAVE THE AGENDA AND YOU KNOW THAT THE GUN IS THERE
ANY DOCTOR BREAK INTO YOUR FAMILY'S LOCKER, YOU CAN JUST
FIND OUT WHERE THE GUN IS AT SCHOOL, THAT IS WHAT I
DON'T LIKE ABOUT IT.
I'M SURE WE CAN INVESTIGATE MORE SECURITY AT SCHOOLS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WILL GET THE FUNDING, BUT I AM FINE
WITH MORE SECURITY AT SCHOOLS, SO LONG AS, I LIKE THE
POLICE BEING THERE THE SECURITY BEING THERE TO PROTECT THE
KIDS, BUT THIS JUST SOUNDS LIKE SUCH A BAD IDEA.
OBVIOUSLY, WHAT YOU ALLUDED TO THEIRS HAVING THE RISK
OF GUN THEFT WITHIN THE SCHOOL BY STUDENTS AND KIDS OR
WHATEVER, BUT THE OTHER COMPONENT OF IT THAT SCARES
ME THE MOST IS THAT THIS PROGRAM IS A THREE-DAY PROGRAM.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN STOP AN ACTIVE SHOOTER AFTER A
THREE DAY PROGRAM.
I TOOK A CPR CLASS WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND AFTER THAT, I
WOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER CPR.
I CANíT IMAGINE
TRYING TO HAVE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER WHO IS TRYING TO SHOOT AT
KIDS, SO ALL OF THIS JUST SCREAMS BAD IDEA TO ME AND
IT JUST, I THINK IT IS GOING TO PROVE UNFORTUNATELY VERY
DANGEROUS TO THESE KIDS ARE IN THE SCHOOLS WITH ADDED GUNS
WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE.
I THINK I'VE TAKEN THREE CBR COURSES IN MY LIFE.
IF YOU HAD A HEART ATTACK AND I WAS GIVING YOU CPR, YOU
HAVE A HEART ATTACK AND THREE BROKEN RIBS.
BEFORE I TRUST THIS IDEA, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEM
CREDIT FOR EXCELLENT ACRONYM.
FASTER, BECAUSE THEY WANT A FASTER RESPONSE AND THEY
THROUGH SAFETY TRAINING, EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND FACULTY.
THAT IS GOOD WORK.
I'M BORDERLINE GREAT ACRONYM.
THERE ARE NO SUPERFLUOUS WORDS TO COVER THE LETTERS.
REALLY GOOD.
NICE JOB ON THAT.
HANNAH, YOU LEFT OUT ONE PART OF THEM.
THEY ARE SAYING THE SOFT TARGET FOR VIOLENCE, THE GROUP
ALSO REFERS TO SCHOOLS AS VICTIM JONES.
YOU ARE IN THE VICTIM'S OWN.
GUYS, PLEASE, COME DOWN FOR A 2ND.
SCHOOL VIOLENCE IS TERRIBLE THAT WE ALL WANT TO PREVENT IT,
BUT BRINGING IN THE WEAPONS TO THE SCHOOL IS NOT GOING TO
PREVENT IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS YOU ARE GOING TO
HAVE ALL OF THESE GUYS WHO CAN'T WAIT TO USE THEIR WEAPONS
BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ANYONE WHO IS GOING TO GET TRAINING IN
WEAPONRY WHO ISN'T GOING TO HAVE A DANGER ABOUT HOW THEY ARE
HERO IN A PROTECTED KIDS BY USING THEIR WEAPON.
EVERY PERSON THAT ENTERED THAT PROGRAM CAN'T WAIT TO
UNLEASH THE WEAPON.
TERRIBLE IDEA.
IF MY KIDS ARE GOING TO SCHOOL, NO.
DON'T HAVE ALL DISCUSSED AGING ABOUT BEING A HEARING BEING
A HERO INSIDE THE SCHOOL.
YOU WILL MORE LIKELY BUY THAT FROM A WEAPON IF IT'S IN THE
BUILDING DIGEST IS THE FACT THAT THERE BEEN STUDY AFTER STUDY.
IF YOUR HOUSE IS A GUN, YOU ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO DIE
FROM GUN VIOLENCE BECAUSE THE GUN IS ALREADY THERE.
THE MAJORITY, I THINK IT'S 1%,
THE MAJORITY OF GUN VIOLENCE THAT INVOLVE CHILDREN AND
HOMICIDE RATES AND SUICIDE RATES HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS.
THESE SCHOOL STUDENTS SHOOTINGS ARE HORRENDOUS, BUT THE MAJORITY
OF SHOOTINGS HAPPEN WHEN KIDS GET THESE GUNS FROM HOME.
THAT IS THE REAL THING WE NEED TO TARGET, NOT ARMING
TEACHERS WITH MORE GUNS.
LIKE YOU SAID WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS COP WITH THE
BADGE COMPLEX WHO WANT TO EXERT THEIR POWER, AUTHORITY, AND
HER ROSES AND THE
SO WE'RE SELF FULFILLING PROPHECY.
I WILL SO THE COUNTDOWN NOW.
THERE IS NO WAY THERE ONE OF THESE GUYS ISN'T GOING TO
CAUSE A SHOOTING AT A SCHOOL.
KNOCK ON WOOD.
BUT IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW IT WORKS.
IF YOU HAVE WEAPON SOMEWHERE, SOMEONE EVENTUALLY USES THE
WEAPONS.
I DON'T KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGH WHICH IT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN, BUT IF YOU PUT THOSE WEAPONS THERE, THEY WILL GET
USED, SO THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS AND UNFORTUNATELY, STUDIES
BEAR OUT THAT IT IS A NEAR INEVITABILITY.
HOPEFULLY, WITH MORE OF THESE ARTICLES ABOUT BRINGING THE
STATISTICS AND BRING THE SETTINGS INTO THE CONVERSATION,
THIS WILL SORT OF DISSUADE SCHOOLS FROM ENTERING THE FASTER
PROGRAM AND HOPEFULLY DISSUADE TEACHERS FROM WANTING TO BE
TRAINED IN THIS ACTOR SHOOTER SITUATIONS INSTEAD OF BE TRAINED
IN TALKING ABOUT GUN SAFETY WITH YOUR KIDS OR OTHER SORT OF
MECHANISMS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THEIR STUDENTS.

State Puts Guns In Teachers' Hands

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