With the rash of recent school attacks, there is a call for more gun control and more gun restrictions for private ownership and other strange theories. This is one of the stranger ones.
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October 6, 2006
Guns in Classrooms?
After a week of deadly school violence across the country, a Wisconsin lawmaker has come up with a controversial idea: teachers carrying guns to school.
Wisconsin Representative Frank Lasee says he hopes the possiblity of teachers with guns would make people think twice about bringing their own gun to class. But not everyone agrees. Parent Linda Garrison says, "You can't take care of everything. You can't control everyone, every situation they're in." But, Garrison says arming teachers with guns is not the answer.
She says, "It just creates so many more unsafe scenarios." Principal Jennifer Hartman agrees. She says she can't imagine walking the halls of Lou Henry Elementary in Waterloo with a weapon. "Our schools are supposed to be safe havens and by giving guns to staff members, we're basically setting up a war zone."
Waterloo Superintendent Dewitt Jones says, "We have great plans in our districts. Arming teachers would be absolute insanity as far as
This is a little like the gun laws in Texas that allow almost anyone to carry a concealed weapon with the premise being that if a thief thinks everyone in a store is armed then he won't rob it!
http://www.kwwl.com/Global/story.asp?S=5508650&nav=2Ifu
October 6, 2006
Guns in Classrooms?
After a week of deadly school violence across the country, a Wisconsin lawmaker has come up with a controversial idea: teachers carrying guns to school.
Wisconsin Representative Frank Lasee says he hopes the possiblity of teachers with guns would make people think twice about bringing their own gun to class. But not everyone agrees. Parent Linda Garrison says, "You can't take care of everything. You can't control everyone, every situation they're in." But, Garrison says arming teachers with guns is not the answer.
She says, "It just creates so many more unsafe scenarios." Principal Jennifer Hartman agrees. She says she can't imagine walking the halls of Lou Henry Elementary in Waterloo with a weapon. "Our schools are supposed to be safe havens and by giving guns to staff members, we're basically setting up a war zone."
Waterloo Superintendent Dewitt Jones says, "We have great plans in our districts. Arming teachers would be absolute insanity as far as
This is a little like the gun laws in Texas that allow almost anyone to carry a concealed weapon with the premise being that if a thief thinks everyone in a store is armed then he won't rob it!
