[Niamh.]

Like I would be more nervous to know that there was going to be guns in the classroom than worry about there being a possible school shooting. It's creating a potential situation imo. Like I'm pretty sure I read that it's more common for people to accidentally get hurt or killed by their own guns/kids getting their hands on those guns than people being saved from bad guys with those same guns

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Like I would be more nervous to know that there was going to be guns in the classroom than worry about there being a possible school shooting. It's creating a potential situation imo. Like I'm pretty sure I read that it's more common for people to accidentally get hurt or killed by their own guns/kids getting their hands on those guns than people being saved from bad guys with those same guns

That's because you're not culturally conditioned to be around guns. Many Americans are, and so this isn't really a stretch for those folk... my husband carries (mainly because of his risk of retaliation due to his law enforcement job) and it's concealed. 99% of the time I forget he's even carrying...

I imagine anything the teachers bring in would be concealed and people wouldn't even know they are carrying... and there are months of background checks involved with conceal carry permits, at least here. It took my husband several months to get his carry and he had to divulge a mountain of information to even apply... and that's how it really should work, with very strict screening methods.

We have open carry, but it's rare to see anyone use it here (I've yet to see it myself). Prior to open carry, most who carry on the hip where it is visible are law enforcement officers or are part of some kind of security detail.

Despite this, many shops can have state mandated signage up where they can prohibit citizens to not bring in weapons (there's different signs for open and concealed). Doing so is a major violation of the law. And I doubt there would be open carry in schools, unless it were a security detail such as school police...

Honestly, I prefer this to the giant brick walls they're throwing up around the schools in our area. They look so depressing when I've driven by. The schools I grew up in now have Catholic private school-esk fencing and they've always had police, but seems like they try to be more visible than before. They also put in metal detectors. Mainly because of gang activity and them bringing in weapons, but yeah...

If an AR ban would actually work, then I think many more people would be in support of it.... but Columbine occurred during the last AR ban so... yeah.