Letters: Teachers, staff need guns

Published: Tuesday, Jan. 1 2013 12:00 a.m. MST

Summary

NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre said that we as a nation must spend whatever money is needed to place armed police or guards inside every school in America. That is an emotionalism response to the horrific shooting in Connecticut. The taxpayers' cost would also be horrific if that policy were adopted by our national and local officials.

There is a much more effective and reasonable? — and much less costly — solution to having armed officers in all schools. This can easily be accomplished by principals recruiting a few well-qualified teachers, janitors and administrative staff — not police or guards — to become certified with concealed firearms permits.

Speaking as a former peace officer, I belive most of the problem will then be solved.

Fred Willoughby

Midvale

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Hutterite

American Fork, UT

Equip more people to kill people to prevent people from killing more people. Got it.

1:41 a.m. Jan. 1, 2013
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Mike Richards

South Jordan, Utah

Can anyone actually envision a teacher shooting an intruder IN FRONT of his or her 1st grade students? Is that what is being proposed? Has everyone lost his mind? Why not demand that the Bishop or the Priest or other religious leader carry a gun, More..

10:14 a.m. Jan. 1, 2013
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Screwdriver

Casa Grande, AZ

Are these same promoters of armed teachers willing to pay them more for the added responsibility?

When a teacher eventually shoots the wrong person like police do occasionally are you going to think it's a mistake or double down that More..

6:06 a.m. Jan. 1, 2013
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