Texas Teacher's packing guns this Fall

[Jamo]

Been following this thread and discussion blogs on this...I'm about as pro-gun as anyone here, but I gotta tell ya, I've got mixed feelings about this.

First, I'm not big on presuming all teachers know WTF they're doing on a day-to-day basis or declaring them all saints. We've represented more than a few school districts in the past, so I've seen some bad stuff coming out of the teacher ranks...sure as heck not comfortable with them carrying with no more requirement than a typical homeowner and a bit of "crises training." They are faced with situations (sheer numbers of kids, etc.) that even veteran cops would have difficulty dealing with.

We had a shooting here at a Fresno high school a few months ago that some of you might remember. A kid with some kind of emotional problem attacked a school cop with a bat and damn near knocked him out. The veteran cop tried to pull his first weapon and ejected the clip...he finally pulled his backup and in a half-dazed condition, shot and killed the kid. the kid could've grabbed his weapon easily if he had thought of it (some think it may have been a suicide-by-cop thing). If an experienced cop couldn't deal with the situation, some teacher with minimal training and a few seminars on dealing with large groups of kids is going to be hard pressed to do so.

I'd be more in favor of hiring more campus cops...let the teachers teach. My kids are grown now, but I'd have second thoughts of letting them go to school in armed camps.