Missouri representatives introduce armed teachers bill.

[OC for ME]

Kudos to Representative Kelley who "gets it" and understands the need for teachers to have the ability to protect their students.

http://www.kbia.org/post/missouri-lawmakers-propose-allowing-armed-teachers

This will obviously result in the inevitable comments about the dangers of cowboy vigilante teachers wounding children with stray bullets loosed in a hail of gunfire.

Whenever I encounter these comments in discussions, I always reply with my typical acidic sarcasm, "Oh yeah. We don't want teachers shooting back. They could inadvertantly graze someone with an accidental miss......

...Much better to let a lunatic intentionally shoot them in the head until everyone in the room is dead. That's a preferable alternative."

From the article.

Under current law, teachers and staff are forbidden from bringing firearms to school unless their local school board or a school official allows it.

We must be vigilant and proactive on this bill. Removing the prerogative from the school board or school official is critical to ensuring that those teachers and staff that choose to carry are not subject to adverse employment conditions. Think "whistle blower" laws.

A citizen must have the same "privilege" to carry on their endorsement as would as staff or a teacher.