It's not an argument man. Just an opinion.
Parents carrying aren't tasked with official protection detail of an entire school. Their responsibility starts and ends with their kids only. I certainly support their decision to be proactive in their child's safety, make no mistake. What I don't support is turning my child over to armed strangers I don't know. You say you identify responsible gun owners by watching what they do. Have you adequately watched everyone working on a school campus? I can tell you that when my kids were still in school, that was an impossible task.
Private schools that don't rely on my tax money can hand out guns to total newbs of they want. Taxpayer funded public schools however, I want them to have to show some standard of proficiency (which a
gov't hall pass doesn't do). Should they not meet that standard of proficiency, they need to be brought up to it.
We train teachers to teach. If we're going to add
'defend' to their job description, we should train for that too. I want to know that the institution I'm sending my children to is holding their staff to a standard, teaching or otherwise.
What that standard is and who sets it is a different discussion. But I can assert that CCW is not it. It's barely a standard of any kind by itself. You can get them online for crying out loud.
Fortunately for me, my children are now adults and are responsible for their own protection. So for me this is academic to some degree.
-T.
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