tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post5398051704626986076..comments2023-10-30T05:46:59.343-04:00Comments on The Doubting Writer: Huh?JeffOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07947660745120963286noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-13390766747934760022014-09-21T21:31:09.257-04:002014-09-21T21:31:09.257-04:00-Stacy--I don't think they're paying a who...-Stacy--I don't think they're paying a whole lot for these weapons, if anything at all. However, any money at all spent on this stuff would be better spent on teachers or, you know, actual CLASSROOM MATERIALS.<br /><br />-Sheena-kay--Securing these weapons so no one can steal them is quite an issue, isn't it?<br /><br />-Lexa--I really don't know that arming the schools is a deterrent. I think people who do this sort of thing expect to die doing it; the response time for a team to get weapons and in place still allows someone intent on mayhem plenty of time to kill a bunch of people. Finally, I have a problem with armed guards/cops strolling around school campuses. Maybe it's just me, but I don't find that a comforting thing and I think it would make schools feel even more oppressive than many feel for their students now.<br /><br />-Jemi, I hope Canada can steer clear of the madness we have in this country.JeffOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947660745120963286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-90555467005562978932014-09-19T20:38:47.368-04:002014-09-19T20:38:47.368-04:00yikes!! I've never head of anything like this!...yikes!! I've never head of anything like this! And I'm a teacher - albeit in small city Canada, but still. that's nuts!!Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-76756878551548478562014-09-19T13:46:04.449-04:002014-09-19T13:46:04.449-04:00I'm not an NRA advocate or right-winger, but i...I'm not an NRA advocate or right-winger, but it seems that the new "normal" is people who feel disenfranchised heavily arming themselves and going to places they know to be unprotected and killing as many as they can. Beyond that, they're trying to emotionally hurt as many as possible since they're hurting. This means schools and children. If the schools are heavily armed, they'll be less of a target. Though it seems tear gas and guns should do it, not grenade launchers and tanks... The only other alternative is to disarm the country, like the UK, and Americans will never go for that. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-49208943321036710812014-09-19T11:44:13.153-04:002014-09-19T11:44:13.153-04:00Stacey makes an excellent point. All this is going...Stacey makes an excellent point. All this is going to do is give the next Columbine crazies an idea of where to sneak off to get better weapons than their parent's handgun. Leave it to the pros indeed.Sheena-kay Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712661419116636671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-16286035741682739402014-09-19T09:46:16.094-04:002014-09-19T09:46:16.094-04:00And we wonder where the money for TEACHING is goin...And we wonder where the money for TEACHING is going? Hmmm...Stacy McKitrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07898731847653710759noreply@blogger.com