Letter: Arming teachers is not a wise decision

Published: Monday, Jan. 7 2013 12:00 a.m. MST

Dustin Ward, right, a substitute teacher at junior high schools and high schools in the Granite School District, holds a hand gun with assistance from Jim McCarthy, a Utah Concealed Carry Permit Instructor, during a free concealed carry class and mass violence response training session for school employees at the Maverik Center in West Valley on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012.

Laura Seitz, Deseret News

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I am a 68-year-old army veteran married to a high school math teacher who retired after 33 years in the classroom.

In 1975, my wife's assistant principal was shot and killed at a football game by a teacher from the opposing team's school. I have attended end-of-the-year parties, where I observe teachers who were so burned out that their safety and well-being was a concern.

I believe I could give many reasons why arming teachers is not wise, but I will just say that I am praying for teachers and their students.

John Burrell

Tampa, Fla.

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Emajor

Ogden, UT

Considering that a handgun in the home is more likely to be used against the home's occupants than against an intruder, I would say the burden of evidence is on those who want armed teachers. They need to prove that the rate of accidents from More..

5:47 a.m. Jan. 7, 2013
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Mike in Cedar City

Cedar City, Utah

Not only is it not "wise", it is in fact profoundly stupid.

6:01 a.m. Jan. 7, 2013
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ECR

Burke, VA

Mountainman said,,,for the upteenth time, "... bad guys with guns can only be stopped by good guys with guns..."

OK. You win. I get what you're saying. But as long as you say that I will say this:

Deaths caused More..

8:54 a.m. Jan. 7, 2013
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