Up In Arms

A conflict has begun in Harold, Texas, A conflict on whether or not teachers should carry armed guns to classrooms. Recent shootings have occurred and complaints say that nobody was even prepared. Some teachers or staffs are voting against it, yet some want to enforce it. The argument is that teachers don’t have enough experience to even carry a gun. Who knows if they would have the courage to shoot an armed student? Their reason for this “Gun” Idea is that they need to protect there pupils.
School shootings are very dangerous and there are no near police stations, despite the 30 mile down the road, but police wouldn’t make it in time. The school budget is poor and the can’t afford actual security guards, so they train there teachers instead. Brian Siebel an attorney at the Brady Center to prevent gun violence argues and says “This is a dangerous overreaction to a non problem.” He believes school shootings are rare and are less likely to occur. There are doubtful questions like, What if a student gets a hold of the gun and does something stupid, or what if the teacher gets mad and knows that the gun is there. Another point of the debate is that training doesn’t come as easily as a gun license. Seibel says “Implement security measures and hires a peace officer; don’t give all teachers a gun and hope nothing bad happens.