I am simply not in favor of a blanket policy which would allow all teachers the right to carry on campus. First and foremost is the level of training that would be required for teachers to respond to an incident. I don't believe I have seen an outline describing the type of training that would be required. The training would surely have to extend far beyond that of a CHL course followed by a couple of in-service days.

Safety is another cause of concern. Where will the firearm be kept? How will the firearm be secured when a teacher's intervention is required to break up a simple fist fight? How could a female teacher thwart off a male student that takes her by surprise to obtain her gun?

To effectively try to prevent an incident such as Sandy Hook would require that each and every teacher, secretary, custodian, coach, principal, etc., carry a firearm and receive the necessary training. Simply stated, all faculty members would have to be armed to effectively prevent a shooter from getting into a classroom. That being said, there are exceptions to every circumstance, but I am opposed to a broad, blanket policy which enables each and every member of the faculty the ability to carry on school grounds. I am simply not in agreement that possession of a teaching certificate or employment by a school district should equate to an on-campus cancelled handgun license.

These people are educators, not police officers. Some say that a couple of trained teachers could prevent tragedies from occurring. I don't believe that is entirely accurate. Conversely, I also don't believe that a couple of police officers stationed at every campus would prevent each and every tragedy either. However, I believe that fully trained, uniformed police officers would be a more effective deterrent. Furthermore, the on campus officers could handle the situation more effectively.

Some say we can't afford to station officers at every campus. I disagree. This would be one instance where a rise in taxes would be warranted, justified and seldom opposed. Or, we can stop spending money on $60,000,000 football stadiums, new basketball gyms, diamond vision, charter buses, softball fields for schools that don't even have a softball team, etc, etc. For crying out loud, in our district, every seventh grader and above gets a new computer each and every year and every teacher gets an I-pad. It's not a monetary issue. It's a priority issue. The money is there to put police officers on campus.

Again, there are too many questions/concerns for me to summarily advocate that all teachers should carry a firearm. In my opinion, many are having a knee jerk reaction to an emotional and disturbing tragedy by stating that all teachers should now be allowed to carry guns. The same can be said for those that favor an anti-gun/ban approach in response to the tragedy at Sandy Hook.

I know some of you feel close to this issue because you are a teacher, your spouse/son/daughter is a teacher. I get that. I understand that. My sister-in-law is a teacher. I am a former LEO. I am trying to look at this topic from both points of view. I feel that teachers chose their profession in order to educate others. LEO chose their profession in order to protect and serve. Let the teachers teach. Let the LEO protect and serve. I am in favor of LEO on every campus. That is why I stated and still maintain that campus security is a law enforcement issue.

There are TONS of highly qualified security people returning from the middle east in the military. These highly trained men and women need good jobs. They are much more proficient with security than even L.E.O......With a developed security program to apply their experience to a school setting, this is a win win win

i believe that allowing faculty of a school the CHOICE of carrying concealed is way overdue....it's not really any different than anyone else carry a concealed weapon in public places and the protocols and safety measures could be enacted along with other drills that schools do for lockdowns .....this really is not rocket science