Teachers Authorized to Carry Weapons in Classrooms
Teachers Authorized to Carry Weapons in Classrooms In the past year there have been fifteen school shootings in the United States. That is an average of one in every five weeks, targeting students, teachers and or administrators. States like Colorado have had five deadly school massacres in the state’s history. Due to these facts, the idea of teachers being permitted to carry a concealed weapon on a school campus is a beneficial one. Teachers across the nation have been speaking up, claiming that weapons should be allowed on school grounds as long as trained professionals are carrying the weapons. The benefits of teachers being permitted to have concealed weapons include safety of the students and faculty, faster response time in a threatening situations, and decreasing the vulnerability of schools. Gun violence and school shootings happen throughout the country on a daily basis, so there needs to be a law written that would allow teachers to carry concealed weapons. This would help to provide safety and up security in protecting the students in case there was a life threatening situation. No student should be fearful at school, the most important duty a teacher has is to provide a positive learning environment and to make children feel safe. Gun violence has dramatically increased in the past three decades. School shootings happen nationwide. Five tragic incidents have occurred in Colorado, the most deadly was the Columbine High School massacre where 15 people were killed. The shootings that happened after Columbine have gotten worse, and the government is trying to stop the reoccurrence of the shootings that have taken place in Colorado history. According to the article “School shootings since Columbine High massacre” in The Denver Post, there have been twenty-one school shootings in the USA since the Columbine massacre. The most deadly was the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting the occurred on December 14, 2012, in Newtown Connecticut. Twenty children