The Importance Of Gun Safety

Making our school safer According to Justin Carissimo “There have been 142 school shootings in the US since the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, a near average of one a week, according to data compiled by Mass Shooting Tracker.” According to Everytown a site for Gun Safety “there have been at least 94 gun-related deaths and more than 156 people injured”. This needs to stop and there is a solution. The solution would be to arm our teachers with guns and give them training on what to do in a shooter scenario.The teachers will not just be handed a gun and told “shoot the bad guy” the teacher will have to attend trainings consistently and will be trained in tactics. There are people that don't agree with this idea.The first reason people are opposed to arming are teachers is because they don't feel comfortable with there children going to school everyday and being exposed to the idea of weapons. Their children will not be exposed to the weapon.The weapons the teacher will be …show more content…
The idea of armed guards is a good idea but it has its flaws. The idea of the arm guards will make school seem like a prison or some kind of jailed in facility if we were to get armed guards in school we might as well get metal detectors, full body scanners, and barb wire fences.This isn't prison its school. The idea of the teacher having a gun concealed is to be kept private. The idea of not knowing which teachers are carrying to minimalize the idea of targeting. The idea of an armed guard will be a lot more expensive than just arming our