Originally Posted by kane

Here is how I see it playing out.

One afternoon, a teacher hears a couple of loud pops from down the hallway that is crowded with students. They go to investigate and see a couple of kids that look like they might be fighting or rough housing then there is another pop and one of the kids has something shiny and silver in their hand. The teacher panics, pulls their gun, and shoots the kid. Kid is killed. Kid was innocent. He was just fucking around with his friends and the object is a cell phone.

Kid's family sues the school, the teacher, the school district, the city, the state, and anyone who had anything to do with deciding it was okay for that teacher to be armed at school. The school ends up paying millions, hurting the school because that money has to come from somewhere.

The longer lasting effect is that other people who might be talented and thinking about going into teaching decide to do something else, a job where their co-workers aren't armed and our already existing teacher shortage gets worse taking one problem and turning it into multiple problems.

If we want more armed people in the schools they should be police officers or trained people (like veterans) not teachers.