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Saturday, October 14, 2006

Arm them all!

On Chaplain to the World's blog, he suggested that arming bank tellers would have prevented the horrible incident yesterday at Charter One Bank in Euclid.

Let's take the idea futher. How about allowing guns on airplanes for licensed, trained citizens, as well as the flight attendants. (Normally, I don't like the idea of training requirements, but in the confines of an airplane, it's probably a good idea.)

How about teachers?

How about church workers?

As it stands now, a bank that has a "no carry" sign is asking for trouble. That means that the only people who are going to bring guns in are criminals. Law abiding concealed carry permit holders will obey the sign. Regardless of what you do, criminals will bring guns. So, the "no carry" sign might as well say "criminal protection zone". Which would you rather have if you're a bank teller? Criminals only, or criminals and the "good guys"?

It's the same thing on airplanes. I know that it's very difficult for a terrorist to sneak guns/bombs/kinves onto a plane, but it's not impossible. Wouldn't you want to fly knowing that, in the unlikely case that someone has brought a weapon aboard with evil intentions, you can defend yourself? Or others can defend you? I would.

The recent rash of school shootings is another example. Teachers should be trained and armed, just in case. I've heard it argued that this is a bad idea, because then there would be a shootout around the children! That's specious. Again, which would you rather have? Criminals doing all the shooting, or teachers who can neutralize the threat?

ARM THEM ALL!

3 Comments:

Blogger Presbytera said...

We trust teachers with children's minds....couldn't they be trusted with a weapon?

5:53 PM

 
Blogger Rick said...

Presbytera,

In many cases, teachers don't do well with the children's minds, either. Gulp. Can we trust them to have the emotional intelligence to do the right thing, or will they try to reason with the killers?

That thought aside, a "school marshall" program would probably be a good idea. Replace one (or more) unneeded school administrator with a roving marshall or two.

Glock: what's a ggxkf?

2:30 PM

 
Blogger LuvGlock said...

ggxkf?

10:43 PM

 

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