The first known school shooting to occur in the United States was July 26, 1764. A Native American man walked into a schoolhouse and proceeded to shoot and kill the teacher and nine children. Two children in the schoolhouse survived the shooting (CITATION HERE). The most recent school shooting occurred on March 17, 2018. A teenage male brought a high caliber gun into a high school and shot two students, a girl and a boy. The girl that was shot passed away from her injury in less than 24 hours. The subject of school shootings have become a sensitive subject in the course of the last ten years. Many people do not now what exactly is the best way to deal with these situations. Some claim that arming teachers is the best course of action. If teachers
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Fire cannot be fought with fire. Bringing more guns onto a campus can only cause more confusion during a traumatic situation. Senator Murphy said that in an intrusion situation, the guns would “create a crossfire that can get a lot of innocent people killed (Chavez).” If a teacher were to shoot the gun at the intruder, the intruder would then fire bullets towards the teacher. If more bullets were added to the situation, there would be a higher change of innocent children being either injured or killed. In a moment of panic the teacher may forget their training that the government would require them to have. The teacher may also miss the intruder or the teacher may become to afraid to shoot another human being. Teachers are also upset about the possibility of being armed because they did not attend college to learn how to physically fight and shoot a gun to keep their students alive. To become a high school teacher, one must attend college and receive a bachelor’s degree in secondary education. They then must obtain a state teaching license
Fire cannot be fought with fire. Bringing more guns onto a campus can only cause more confusion during a traumatic situation. Senator Murphy said that in an intrusion situation, the guns would “create a crossfire that can get a lot of innocent people killed (Chavez).” If a teacher were to shoot the gun at the intruder, the intruder would then fire bullets towards the teacher. If more bullets were added to the situation, there would be a higher change of innocent children being either injured or killed. In a moment of panic the teacher may forget their training that the government would require them to have. The teacher may also miss the intruder or the teacher may become to afraid to shoot another human being. Teachers are also upset about the possibility of being armed because they did not attend college to learn how to physically fight and shoot a gun to keep their students alive. To become a high school teacher, one must attend college and receive a bachelor’s degree in secondary education. They then must obtain a state teaching license