Morning Jolt: Do We Want Armed Teachers or Security Guards in Our Children’s Schools?

The case against arming teachers, and/or armed personnel in school:

• This seems like a prime candidate for local control, and the kind of idea that works a lot better if all the parties "buy in" from the beginning. If you can build a reasonable consensus among local law enforcement, the school board, the principal, the teachers and the parents of the children attending the school think it's a good idea, go for it. If you don't have a consensus, the decision is likely to spur a lot of enraged accusations and counter-accusations of endangering children.
• Think of all the teachers you had as a kid, and all of the teachers of your children. You can probably recall ones you would trust with a gun in a crisis and probably some you would not.
• Depending upon the size of the school, the armed officer may not be in the right place at the right time. There was an armed officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, but he was elsewhere on campus when the attack began and never encountered the gunman.
• Accidental shootings are probably inevitable, and not just by teachers. Imagine there's a school shooting, and a teacher gets his gun and starts ...

February 22 2018

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Do We Want Armed Teachers or Security Guards in Our Children's Schools? Jim Geraghty The case against arming teachers, and/or armed personnel in school: This seems like a prime candidate for local control, and the kind of idea that works a lot better if all the parties "buy in" from the beginning. If you can build a reasonable consensus among local law enforcement, the school board, the principal, the teachers and the parents of the children attending the school think it's a good idea, go for it. If you don't have a consensus, the decision is likely to spur a lot of enraged accusations and counter-accusations of endangering children. Think of all the teachers you had as a kid, and all of the teachers of your children. You can probably recall ones you would trust with a gun in a crisis and probably some you would not. Depending upon the size of the school, the armed officer may not be in the right place at the right time. There was an armed officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, but he was elsewhere on campus when the attack began and never encountered the gunman. Accidental shootings are probably inevitable, and not just by teachers. Imagine there's a school shooting, and a teacher gets his gun and starts ... Read More Top Stories Back in the Halcyon Days of the Conservative Movement Back in the halcyon days, you didn't have Ann Coulter, but you had Westbrook Pegler. You didn't have Sean Hannity, but you had Bob... Why We Can't Have Wakanda Why We Can't Have Wakanda ADVERTISEMENT Pawns in Their Game A new production of the musical Chess is too much influenced by present-day political... Set NASA Free The Trump administration's plan to make the International Space Station semi-private is good... The Russian Bot Hysteria We aren't divided because of Russia; we're divided because we have genuine, deeply held... Billy Graham: Neither Prophet nor Theologian An entrepreneurial evangelical, and the first preacher with a star on Hollywood's Walk of... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 James D. Hornfischer "A masterful account of the barbaric last year of the Pacific War...The Fleet at Flood Tide is, quite simply, popular and scholarly military history at its best." - Victor Davis Hanson LEARN MORE Photo Essays Farming without Machines Cartoons of the Day: February 21st, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.