Comments on: Evers Files Bill To Allow Designees To Carry Guns On Local School Grounds

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:43:24 +0000

Why did we wait so very long to place armed faculty in schools, when we could have done this fifty years ago and already have a system in place?

By: wayne

wayne — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:40:57 +0000

your not going to stop the crazy’s from getting in the schools with metal detectors or locked doors… im with derek , return fire… Quit parading these worthless scumbags on tv… After their trial kill them , instead we feed em for 25 years then someone wants to marry them and we allow it…

By: My2Cents

My2Cents — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 17:51:48 +0000

It’s funny how people think this is a good idea. Just like criminals don’t obey the laws put in place for other things you will have some criminals in the schools carrying weapons on school property. It would be concealed and most people wouldn’t know they had it unless they decided to use it.

Also I’m with Charlie on the fact that a large kid could overpower the trained weapon holder. Kids figure things out. Adults talk a lot and it would get out who had possession of a weapon.

To Bob C., a lot has changed over the years. I remember kids having rifles in their trucks and nothing happened. This world is MUCH different than that time. Kids don’t have any respect and they want everything handed to them. When they can’t get it they want to do stupid things like shoot up a school or their friends.

This is a bad idea. Why not just have more officers on school grounds? Or if you do arm certain teachers install metal detectors to check the kids as they enter the school. This world is crazy!

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 15:31:28 +0000

@melodies4us

Have you looked up the response time for local law enforcement? By the time they arrived and got set up, an active shooter could have killed countless victims!

Take Sandy Hook for instance. You have a bunch of scared kids that are frozen with fear which allows an active shooter plenty of easy targets. Now, have a couple of trained teachers carrying concealed weapons, and by the time the police arrive, they could have subdued the shooter and prevented the loss of further life.

However, like “most” people, you would only consider this if it was YOUR family member having the gun pointed at them right? If it was YOUR child that was going to take the first bullet, you would be GRATEFUL for the fact that a teacher was carrying, rather than waiting 5-10 minutes for the police to arrive and then bring you in to identify the body.

By: melodies4us

melodies4us — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 13:52:45 +0000

Don’t like it. We have a designated person: the police. I wouldn’t want anyone else allowed to bring a gun to our schools. Terrible idea. Has Mr. Evers actually met with the staff of our schools during this millinium?

By: molino jim

molino jim — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 22:32:23 +0000

I have to wonder if Evers has given any consideration as to how this conflicts with two federal laws. One was passed in 1990, the other in 1994. One the “gun free work place zone” and the other “gun free school zone law”. It would appear that under one or both his bill would appear to place the person in violation of federal law. Like a lot of “bills” that are proposed play for the press and public and have little chance of going any where.

By: M. D. R

M. D. R — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 22:29:10 +0000

THere are still some people out there that don’t seem to understand they are only talking about concealed carry. Which means totally covered or disquiesed as something else. It would only be to stop a rampage from happening or when it does at least a little quicker with less lives lost. . It is also proposing that each superintendent and school board will have final say about it. My opinion is that my children would be safer if mr. Thomas had the right to nominate a person or persons to carry concealed whether or not they did it could be a possibility so at least bad people know that it could be a possibility. I know if I heard on the news one of my 3 children’s schools had a mad man on the loose I would feel some small comfort in knowing that maybe someone good at that school had a firearm!!

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 22:19:48 +0000

This is a great idea and a great deterrent to someone shooting up a school. Of course, I am assuming that those that carry would be properly trained, and required to keep up their proficiency. Properly concealed, no one knows who is carrying, which makes an even better deterrent to a possible shooter.

Oh, and Charlie, if you carry a weapon “all the time” that pretty much makes you “pro gun”. However, carrying it without a permit, you are basically a criminal and would probably be at fault if you ever pulled it out, and sued by the family of anyone you shot with it as you are carrying illegally. Good luck to you if you ever get caught with it!

By: paul

paul — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 19:16:52 +0000

I don’t think this is a good idea.. We have enough of a problem with teachers molesting students.. We don’t need to arm them too..

By: marshall

marshall — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:39:43 +0000

First, for those of you talking about someone wrestling the firearm away from a Teacher…those “Teachers” that may be authorized to carry would be carrying concealed, not openly. If they do their job, nobody would know the firearm was being carried.

Besides, the Criminals that decide to do these shootings are not looking for a School or Theater where they will face Armed Resistance. They are looking for a “Gun Free Zone” where the face nobody until minutes later when Law Enforcement finally shows up. This is no knock on Law Enforcement, but they can’t be everywhere at once.

If someone takes a look at “Mass Shootings” since Columbine, 99% have all been in areas that were either known to be or marked “No Guns” by signs. The Aurora Theater Shooter bypassed multiple theaters showing his chosen movie, Batman, for the Aurora Theater that had a “No Guns” sign prominently posted. Plus, if you do a little research, you will see that most of these shooters take there own lives as soon as Armed Resistance arrives.

It is a very good chance that just by knowing an area is a “Gun Zone”, that most Thugs will look for a place of less resistance. So basically, I am all for arming those that are adequately trained, to protect our schools and kids.