trv1911 I agree with you 110% on all of your points. I posted this on another website but I think that it applies here, too. It was in response to someone who said that they wouldn't have trusted most of their teachers with a gun. This is why I think teachers should be allowed to pack heat.

If those teachers are so intent on hating everything about their job then what's to stop them from taking a gun to school despite the laws? If that happened then no one would be able to defend against them. Do you honestly believe that your teachers would be so irrational that had they had a gun on them they could snap at any time and start blowing people away? By allowing officers to patrol the schools then everyone will know exactly who's armed. Besides, what's the differance between a teacher that hates their job and an armed security guard that hates their job? Part of the idea behind allowing people to CC is that no one knows who's armed so everyone assumes that everyone is armed. Among other things it creates a much more polite society.

How often do you hear about people with concealed carry licenses snapping or doing something retarded? What's the differance between a teacher with a CCL and anyone else on the street with a CCL? I don't know if you live in a gun free zone or not but CO is pretty conservative when it comes to gun laws. I have never once noticed someone's gun on them and I see plenty of people that I know are carrying. I've never been questioned about it, either. I would trust a person that I knew had a CCL before I'd trust just about anyone else. Why is that? Because they've shown competency with a gun, they've accepted the responsibility of carrying a gun and they've passed extensive background checks to get that CCL.