And can you imagine what will happen when some some psycho, probably called Chad, simply beats down an unsuspecting teacher and use their gun for a shooting? I can. And this one is all too probable. Teenagers have lousy impulse control, and some of them are just plain old deadbeats (because apparently even deadbeats need an education, although lord knows why since they obviously don't value them). There are plenty of Chads in schools all across this country. I went to school with a bunch of them. Screw Chad.

Here is what will happen, Mr Iceberg lettuce: the school cleaners will have a devil of a time trying to get the bloodstains out of the carpet, the school will be closed for a short period, the surviving witnesses will probably wind up with PTSD, the press will have a field day, the parliament will rush trough legislation re-banning armed teachers quicker than you can blink, and Associate Professor Philip Alpers will go around being all smug and saying 'see, I told you so'. You don't want to go giving Philip Alpers a cause for smugness, do you Mr. Iceberg lettuce?

"More fool the Utah state leglistaure. It's a really bad idea to let teachers go arming themselves, there's way too much potential for things to go horribly wrong."

and from your point of view, the worst thing that could go wrong would be teachers saving their own and the lives of the children.

Florida is expected to pass a law allowing teachers to be armed.

//and from your point of view, the worst thing that could go wrong would be teachers saving their own and the lives of the children.//

What? No it isn't. Where did I say that, Mr. Iceberg lettuce? Is that really the best you can do? If you're not even going to make an effort, why should I bother continuing with this conversation? There's no sport in it.

If I wasn't clear enough for you before, I will attempt to clarify: from my point of view the worst thing that could go wrong would be teachers shooting up their own students (but that it's very unlikely) and that the second worst thing that could go wrong would be some Chad getting hold of the gun and shooting people (and that it's all too likely).

A very simple question or two for you Issy.

"Florida is expected to pass a law allowing teachers to be armed."

Given your wealth of experience, what weapon do you recommend for teachers?

Would you like to see teachers in Australia armed as well?

You didn't say that, but it is rather obvious from your ideas about teachers.

There is no evidence that an armed teacher could have stopped any of the school murderers, because none of the murdered teachers had the means to defend themselves.

You make dire predictions but none of them have happened where teachers are armed and no school that has armed teachers has been attacked; I wonder why?

//You didn't say that, but it is rather obvious from your ideas about teachers.//

Well that's pathetic. You're frigging hopeless, mate. If you're reduced to playing the man instead of the ball (and still getting it wrong even after your errors have been corrected), I really don't see the point of continuing the discussion because you obviously have no real arguments to support your position.