[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by Midnight Cowgirl

I would not want my child staring at his teacher or focused on the fact that the teacher was visibly toting a gun or even thinking about the gun the teacher had in his pocket, sock, or wherever.
If the weapon is in a drawer -- a locked drawer, I would assume, what good would THAT do???

My child is in school to learn!
Trained or not trained, that is NOT the primary training of a teacher, nor is it THEIR main interest.
A teacher packing a pistol is an aberration. Under the best of circumstances, my response is a definite NO.
Let teachers do the job they want to do and are qualified to do -- that's to TEACH! Period.

I agree, that is not the teachers primary job. But it is a secondary responsibility to keep the children safe. Teachers could carry guns concealed so that no one including the children would know who is carrying. Once this became the norm, children would not be focused on who is carrying and who is not.

It might surprise you to know that approximately one third of the people in The Villages have concealed carry permits. There are thousands of guns around you every day and you don't know it. It's one of the things that make The Villages a very safe place and one of the reasons our crime rate is among the lowest in the country. And you are not focused on who might be carrying. It's just norm.