It’s a question several years old—should teachers be armed?
This from redstate.com.
A Texas school system offers a recent reply: If they’re inclined to be, then yes.
The Grand Saline Independent School District is in its second week of employees holstering heat.
Speaking to the New York Post, Superintendent Micah Lewis laid out the lead-up:
Every time there was a school shooting, me and the board talked about it again. If some crazy came in here, could we minimize the damage by being armed?
It’s a query every school should pose. And, for that matter, it’s a pressing query for every homeowner and for every individual.
But despite the advent of the internet, ours doesn’t appear to be an age of information. Rather, we’re navigating an era of narrative.
We hear much about crimes employing guns, however, stories of guns being used for defense are avoided by the national mass propaganda media. Such reporting does not fit their top-down directed agenda.
According to most in the business of propaganda media, guns are exclusively instruments of evil.
However, as exemplified below, occasionally, despite the expanded efforts to suppress this information, 2A heroism is properly heralded:
Two Killed in Deadly Shooting at Texas Church, Gunman Stopped by Armed Security
Philadelphia Man Shoots Looter After an Armed Crew Breaks Into His Gun Shop
Robber Chokes Woman, Her Young Son Shoots Him in the Face
Pistol-Packin’ Granny: 79-Year-Old Arms Herself, Tells Home Invader, ‘I Got Something for You!’
Of course, though, not all conservatives favor teachers toting handguns. They ask: What if there’s a misfire? What if a staffer’s gun is taken? How will defenders be sufficiently trained?
None the less, “[i}f things go south in Grand Saline, officials want schools to have a fighting chance.”
District employees who are interested in becoming guardians must apply for the program and go through a screening and training with the Texas Department of Public Safety, [Superintendent Micah] explained.
They must complete 40 hours of training initially and additional hours on a continuous basis.
The staffers must also have a license to carry.
So goes the “Guardian Plan,” active at the elementary, intermediate, middle, and high school.
They are not alone—Grand Saline joins 300 other Texas school systems in equipping faculty with firearms.
And it’s anyone’s guess who’s locked and loaded:
No one knows which teachers or staff members are armed—and [Micah] says that’s intentional.
The guardian keeps possession of the firearm at all times and the weapons are not stored on campus.
Per Education Week, there have been 103 school shootings in the last four years—34 in 2021.
In gearing up, academics face the prospect of firing on a student shooter.
More from Micah:
We’re educators. I hate that we have to do that, but again, you weigh it out.
Do you take this student down if he’s mowing people down?
It’s an easy answer. You take one to save many.
NEW: Video shows man opening fire at Texas church before he is shot by a security guard; 2 dead, 1 critical (blurred to hide victims, viewer discretion is advised) pic.twitter.com/hulXR7MYIy
— BNO News (@BNONews) December 29, 2019
As the above-linked West Freeway Church of Christ, White Settlement, Texas, video illustrates, the value of not just armed defense, but extremely well-practiced armed defense saves lives.
And as similar defensive responses become more common place in every corner of the country, the ultimate goal is that these deadly attacks will decrease in number and frequency.
No school—or church— should ever again be in this situation
And if they are prepared like the Grand Saline Independent School District will be, select staff members and participants will be standing guard.
