Do you think US teachers should be armed with weapons?! There has been many shootings recently throughout the U.S and many students are getting killed because teachers aren’t armed or their not protected at all. U.S teachers should be armed because everytime time there's a shooting at least one student or more gets killed or injured really bad. Teachers also should be armed because if there was a shooting many teachers would be at least 70% protected because they are armed in case a shooter actually came to our school.Teachers should also be armed because at least 17 people have died after a 19-year-old ex-pupil opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and the teachers weren’t armed.
U.S teachers should be armed because everytime time there's a shooting at least one student or more gets killed or injured really bad. In recent years, teachers have also had to contend with a devastating reality: the increasing threat of school shootings. There has been many recent shootings that have been killing many students. In the article “Across the country, school districts are quietly arming teachers for the next shooting” its states that “While gun violence in the U.S. has significantly declined since the 1990s, mass public shootings
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In the article “After another deadly school shooting, is it time for US teachers to carry guns?” it states that “But advocates say these kinds of reforms are the only meaningful way to protect schoolchildren. They point in particular to more rural schools, where an emergency response from police may take too long in the context of an active shooter incident. They also argue that gun-free zones are creating "soft targets". In other words , teachers being armed is the only meaningful way to keep students