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The head of the state’s largest gun owner advocacy group is balking at the idea of arming teachers in order to prevent gun violence at schools.
“Teachers have an awful lot to do. They should focus on education,” said Jim Wallace, executive director of Gun Owners Action League. “I think there’s a lot of people who could help, if they’re serious about hardening school security. There are retired law enforcement officers, some retired military who would be happy to provide their expertise.” |
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Teachers must teach by example as well as rote. Keeping them disarmed and ducking teaches children that they are helpless and must rely on the government (not merely adults) to protect them, and that isn't a message we should be conveying to our kids.
If the coach who bravely put himself between the shooter and the kids in Parkland had been armed, he (and many others) might not now be DEAD. |
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