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Marksmanship needs to be added to the curriculum of those seeking Education -- Chuck Taylor 02/22/2018 09:26AM But think of the increased gun sales required to make this happen! The NRA -- JSHoo 02/22/2018 3:38PM Teacher's perspective -- Wahoo#22 02/22/2018 12:30PM Other teacher perspectives... -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 5:30PM Thanks. The voice of experience ** -- NJHoo 02/22/2018 1:41PM I see things going the way of some of these south american countries... -- THECZAR 02/22/2018 12:44PM I remember a story about a public school employee with a legal firearm -- WahooMatt05 02/22/2018 12:24PM You forgot that the teachers must be armed with better weapons than the -- Lazarus 02/22/2018 11:30AM So would the country with the most guns have the least gun violence? -- Hoo82 02/22/2018 10:46AM Hard to believe the red states have higher murder rates per capita -- fphoo 02/22/2018 4:03PM As always numbers are enlightening. Thanks for the link! ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/22/2018 1:51PM I agree 100%. More guns = a much safer 'Murica ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/22/2018 11:13AM Glad you linked that article. ** -- Guy LeDouche 02/22/2018 10:58AM Yeah, they have some solid articles. Sucks they just laid off 50 people ** -- WahooMatt05 02/22/2018 11:29AM No, we have the most of both ** -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 10:47AM Teachers with guns would greatly increase risk of accidental shooting. -- hokie in cville 02/22/2018 10:23AM I don't care about that. ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/22/2018 10:48AM Those don't count. They're accidents! ** -- Beerman 02/22/2018 10:34AM Yes, of course ** -- NJHoo 02/22/2018 10:24AM Seems obvious, right? ** -- hokie in cville 02/22/2018 12:37PM Who's going to tell Trump there was an armed guard at the Parkland school? ** -- WahooMatt05 02/22/2018 10:19AM That's different ** -- FfxStationHokie 02/22/2018 10:48AM I've heard proposals for an armed guard at every school door -- NJHoo 02/22/2018 10:29AM Virginia's budget is struggling to get a 2% pay raise for state workers -- WahooMatt05 02/22/2018 10:39AM Well then, you're going to have to raise taxes. -- HowieT3 02/22/2018 11:13AM Where are you getting the funding to imprison those that violate a gun ban? -- Hoodafan 02/22/2018 11:10AM States have to balance budgets. Gun buy backs would be federal. Free money. -- WahooMatt05 02/22/2018 11:17AM Aww, adorableness of your free money comment aside, that doesn't even make -- Hoodafan 02/22/2018 11:29AM I haven't thought very hard about this -- WahooMatt05 02/22/2018 11:32AM In the end it doesn't matter. Cost is what matters. Whether that funding -- Hoodafan 02/22/2018 11:42AM It's actually both - costs to buy back guns and enforce new rules plus -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 12:13PM Well then, you're going to have to raise taxes. ** -- HowieT3 02/22/2018 11:15AM Yep. And not whine if there is a racial disparity in convictions. That's -- Hoodafan 02/22/2018 11:26AM IIRC, the disparity stuff was about coke powder and crack were punished. -- HowieT3 02/22/2018 11:39AM Some for sure, and I don't mean to imply those disparities shouldn't be -- Hoodafan 02/22/2018 11:52AM What is your proposal for the short- and intermediate-term protection of -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 10:41AM Gun buybacks of assault rifles -- WahooMatt05 02/22/2018 10:45AM Do you honestly think gun buybacks are going capture enough weapons to -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 10:55AM Eliminate the threats? No. Reduce the threats? Yes. -- WahooMatt05 02/22/2018 11:14AM And again, I ask, though: What do you propose in the meantime to improve -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 11:26AM Matt, unless you respond "arm teachers", he won't even acknowledge -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 12:09PM Where you have you even once addressed the question, Balz? (link please) ** -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 12:16PM No link. Just read my responses to YOU. Or get someone to read them to you -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 12:32PM Exactly as expected... ** -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 12:33PM Ya know everyone can see them. You -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 1:17PM LOL! You never once addressed my question of what to do in the short- to -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 1:18PM Deleted** -- 111Balz 02/23/2018 07:23AM Three times in this string alone moron -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 1:21PM Cross training teachers is a bad idea -- 757 02/22/2018 10:06AM If they use Wayne LaPierre for target practice, I might be willing to give -- WahooRQ 02/22/2018 11:43AM It's a right wing fantasy solution ** -- wahoo138 02/22/2018 11:36AM At least they are offering a solution. I've yet to see anything from the -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 12:02PM It's a right wing fantasy solution ** -- wahoo138 02/22/2018 11:36AM Having trained individuals (teachers or otherwise) in place with the means -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 09:35AM Notice they can't discuss the matter without the red herring -- ryno hoo 02/22/2018 12:21PM Reality check: Voice of experience -- NJHoo 02/22/2018 10:36AM It's doesn't have to be teachers, it can be school personnel....the point -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 10:39AM Who would "school personnel" be -- NJHoo 02/22/2018 11:09AM Who? Someone employed by the school board to act in part or in whole as -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 11:19AM See you're slowly backing off the armed teacher thing...good for you. ** -- Chuck Taylor 02/22/2018 1:34PM It's never been about specifically arming teachers (although, as I've said -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 1:41PM Actually no, this whole thread was about the lunacy of arming teachers. -- Chuck Taylor 02/22/2018 4:16PM Apparently I have been because it appears you never bother to read my posts -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 5:01PM I lose interest when folks like attempt to change the subject. -- Chuck Taylor 02/22/2018 10:34PM I simply addressed your troll post. ** -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 11:12PM To be honest with you, I don't see any good coming out of that solution. -- Guy LeDouche 02/22/2018 10:26AM Stoneman HS had an armed security guard inside it. -- HowieT3 02/22/2018 10:18AM They had one security officer to cover a 45 acre campus with more than 12 -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 10:24AM I hope that was a rhetorical question. -- HowieT3 02/22/2018 10:27AM I agree with you, but Rubio made a solid point against it last night in the -- Hoodafan 02/22/2018 09:45AM That is certainly a concern, but not something that cannot be -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 10:15AM Well, for starters, the teacher/guards would be outgunned. -- Chuck Taylor 02/22/2018 09:43AM Take out the teacher first with element of surprise. -- DanTheFan 02/22/2018 10:02AM Or they would find a spot outside the school to pick off people -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 09:55AM Perhaps, but using Vegas as a model, do you think he killed more -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 10:17AM We'll never know if he was aiming or not. -- HowieT3 02/22/2018 10:21AM He's wasn't "aiming" with a bump stock. With a bump stock it is -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 11:54AM You assume the killers have a desire to engage in a firefight rather than -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 09:49AM Will these teachers be equipped with military style weapons in order -- Chuck Taylor 02/22/2018 09:57AM Tanks and flame throwers. And they will be able to call in air support for -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 10:17AM Nooooooooo!!!!! Run for cover. Somethings happening that night. ** -- Hokieesith 02/22/2018 10:56AM LOL! Rational discussion with people like yourself is all but impossible. ** -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 10:27AM If need be, there could way to safely provide for it although I would argue -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 10:02AM So it seriously doesn't occur to you that a better option than -- BocaHoo91 02/22/2018 10:23AM Fine. Ban all guns and ammo today. That does nothing whatsoever to -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 10:37AM Well the gun used in Parkland was purchased fairly recently. -- BocaHoo91 02/22/2018 11:23AM And, as I've stated in this thread time after time, assuming whatever gun -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 11:39AM Well nothing will completely ELIMINATE short-, intermediate-, or even -- BocaHoo91 02/22/2018 11:59AM But then HE would have to sacrifice ** -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 10:28AM What do you propose to protect schools in the meantime before -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 10:47AM You simply ignore everything said to you unless it supports your argument -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 10:55AM You couldn't misrepresent my position more if you tried...but that's what -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 11:04AM Maybe you should read my post. I have answered your question multiple -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 11:29AM He has never said arm everyone in the school. In fact -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/22/2018 11:03AM What are you talking about. Read his fifty posts on this subject ** -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 11:25AM I have read some of them. Enough to know he didn’t say everyone -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/22/2018 11:46AM CHH with this poster you have to start -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 1:20PM Bullshit. ** -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 2:16PM And another: -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/22/2018 11:47AM And your post. -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/22/2018 11:51AM Balz is just doing what Balz does best...misrepresenting other's views. ** -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 11:05AM He’s like my mother, would argue with a signpost lol ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/22/2018 11:14AM I AM arguing with a signpost. I should stop. But I -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 11:30AM Sign posts are usually at least factually correct. -- WahooRQ 02/22/2018 11:47AM Circular logic at its best. ; ) ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 02/22/2018 12:04PM :>) well done ** -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 12:08PM You aren't arguing with me...or at least you are not arguing with the -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 11:34AM Wrong direction. All this arming makes us less safe ** -- hokeyhokie 02/22/2018 09:39AM Are you suggesting we should disarm the police and remove armed security -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 09:40AM Of course not. Why would anyone with even half a brain go there ** -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 09:49AM If armed security serves a purpose for those settings, why would it not -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 09:50AM A teacher with a 38 revolver is not "armed security". ** -- Chuck Taylor 02/22/2018 10:01AM Correct. A TRAINED teacher with a 28 revolver is. ** -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 10:05AM You make me sick. ** -- WahooRQ 02/22/2018 10:22AM And you don't give a damn about actually improving school safety, so the -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 11:21AM Unlike you, Walter Sobchak, I actually have kids in school. -- WahooRQ 02/22/2018 11:31AM Please by all means continue to ignore real threats facing our schools and -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 11:32AM You must live in Deadwood 150 years ago. ** -- fphoo 02/22/2018 10:10AM ANYTHING that avoids him having to give up his manhood, er guns ** -- 111Balz 02/22/2018 10:20AM No, I live in real world of 2018 where there are evil people who have -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 10:13AM Your response to the problem is making it worse ** -- hokeyhokie 02/22/2018 10:23AM How does providing the same type of security we use elsewhere make things -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 10:25AM How about Civics and Gun safety? ** -- ConnHoo 02/22/2018 09:33AM How about something more practical and useful to the students -- Chuck Taylor 02/22/2018 10:07AM In a country where there are more guns than people, gun safety training -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 10:20AM Critical thinking would lead most folks to believe that having more guns... -- Chuck Taylor 02/22/2018 1:18PM Not a bad idea. Both were part of the educational system in my school -- Hokie5150 02/22/2018 09:54AM