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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1115486" data-attributes="member: 14668">What about the school teachers who want to be armed and want the ability to defend their students?What about trained volunteers? What about retired LEO or military or emergency responders?I agree with you that no teacher should be expected to defend against a crazy person, but unfortunately we dont yet live in a utopia and whether they expect to or not they may wind up having to do it anyway. You speak of the ideal world; I speak of the real one.Two of the members of my gun club (that I know of, anyway) are teachers. Both of them have carry permits, and both of them carry while at school. I can gurantee you they arent the only ones.According to the reports I read, the principal at Sandy Hook threw her body at Lanza before she died in a futile attempt to protect her students. My guess is that, in that final moment of her life, she would have much preferred to be throwing a load of 00 buckshot or a few high velocity hollowpoints at the bastard instead of just her body. I would also guess that the parents of the Sandy Hook victims probably feel the same way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1115486, member: 14668"] What about the school teachers who [I]want[/I] to be armed and [I]want[/I] the ability to defend their students? What about trained volunteers? What about retired LEO or military or emergency responders? I agree with you that no teacher should be [I]expected[/I] to defend against a crazy person, but unfortunately we dont yet live in a utopia and whether they [I]expect[/I] to or not they may wind up having to do it [I]anyway[/I]. You speak of the ideal world; I speak of the [I]real[/I] one. Two of the members of my gun club (that I know of, anyway) are teachers. Both of them have carry permits, and both of them carry while at school. I can gurantee you they arent the only ones. According to the reports I read, the principal at Sandy Hook threw her body at Lanza before she died in a futile attempt to protect her students. My guess is that, in that final moment of her life, she would have [I]much[/I] preferred to be throwing a load of 00 buckshot or a few high velocity hollowpoints at the bastard instead of just her body. I would also guess that the parents of the Sandy Hook victims probably feel the same way. [/QUOTE]

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