Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?

No, they shouldn't have a single gun at our school at all. Not security guards, police officers, etc. Students are supposed to feel safe at school.

I don't think they should have a gun, more like something to protect everyone.

Yes, but only if the the teacher(s) go through a mandatory gun safety course

No, hire two or three professionally trained security guards instead who are certified to carry a firearm.

Yes, if they have proper training and certification.

yes a guard can like a police officer but most teachers should not

Only if it is proven that the teachers are not threats

No, More guns are not the answer. They should not have to carry a gun in a place of learning we should make stronger laws to control who is able to purchase a gun.

Yes, but there should be more laws against having a gun in the first place so that teachers carrying guns would not be necessary

Yes, and the teachers are required to go through training.

i dont really care of either outcome

The teachers with guns would have to be trusted by the school district

I feel like they should because if the person breaks into the school and gets to our classroom the teacher should have to bed ready to strike.

Yes, if the teachers are ok with handling it and have a concealed carry permit.

no, it's ridiculous that a solution to mass shootings is more guns, we should focus on mental health

No, The presence of a firearm in a school setting is not necessary.

Yes! As a AFT member absolutely! (And I wont be endorsed by my union for saying this).

No, this would increase the risk of accidental shootings. Hire a well-trained security guard.

No, instead hire professionally trained security guards who are certified to carry a firearm.

Yes, but if they only if they undergo crisis training (with yearly certification), pass background and mental health checks, and keep the gun in a secure but accessible spot.

If the teacher has their concealed carrying licsense and is 21. Also if they have no serious health problems.

To be honest that is stupid. it can be taken used or even be a treat.

Only if those teachers have no criminal record whatsoever, and have the proper training and know how and when to use it.

they should incase there is an emergency and if they have a license.

yes, I believe that teachers who are comfortable with carrying one should be give the chance as long as they don't have a criminal past

hire a professionally trained security guard instead

If a teacher would like to carry to protect their students, they should be trained to do so safely. I believe our children are our most precious asset of this country every school should have a trained and armed guard to protect them. My plan would be to create a Federally funded program to hire returning veterans of our armed forces to protect our schools. These are men and women trained to run into danger, and as we saw in Parkland, the school resource officer was too afraid to go stop the shooter.

No, but there should at least be a security guard in every school.

Teachers should have the option, not be required and have proper training.

Yes, if the state chooses to allow it

Yes, if they volunteer, are well trained and vetted psychologically and physically.

Both yes AND no, because of upsides and downsides to this. First of all, no, teachers, or at least certain teachers should not be permitted to carrying firearms in school buildings because there could be the possibility that a teacher could let loose their anger upon any student or group of students at any given point in time, and giving teachers firearms would put students who have a teacher with anger management issues at a larger risk, because that teacher could open fire on a student(s) who made the teacher snap via purposely or accidentally doing something wrong, and at still more risk…  Read more it that teacher is able to hold back their anger a bit, because other students in the class, or in a previous class if in the case of middle schools, high schools, colleges, and universities, because those other students could have riled up the teacher, and that last student(s) being the one to put the final nail in the coffin, whether it be accidentally, or purposely. This would, again, cause the teacher to finally snap, and enter a possible uncontrollable rage state, and with the presence of a possible easily accessible firearm, the teacher could shoot said student(s), or a different student(s) of their choice, on top of this, students could gang up on the teacher and steal the firearm, possibly using it to kill the teacher. On the other hand, teachers, or at least certain teachers SHOULD be permitted to carrying firearms in school because in case the security guards or police or whomever would be standing guard at the school building wasn't enough to hold off armed criminal personnel attempting a school shooting, the teachers could tell students to run, but could also tell them to not go far enough to where they wouldn't be able to see what was happening, if the students are older and more capable of withstanding the trauma of seeing someone get shot, so that if the criminal is eliminated, the students could come back if they saw this, or continue to run if the shooter succeeds in killing the teacher, and on top of this, if

What an absolute shame that we have to ask this question. But, if a person is licensed to carry a gun, and that person happens to be a teacher, then yes.

All teachers should be required to get there CCW and be allowed, not required, but allowed to carry at school.

Yes but they can never have it loaded unless theres a person trying to break in the school

I think it all depends on the person. Some teachers might be ok with it and if so then they should be trained by a professional but then some people it might be against there religion to carry a fire air s in my option it depends on the school, place, and person.

no, have at least one school resource office on staff at all times and allow teachers to keep less lethals(taser, baton, etc) with condition they can only use it if there is a immediate threat to life. the teacher would be required to be thoroughly trained with said item and would have to maintain a good psych eval

If teachers have pasted mental stability testing and have received proper training then yes. However, I also think we should hire professionally trained security guards.

Yes if the teacher is trained and if it is voluntary and if it is concealed and if the teacher passes background checks and doesn't have a mental health issue or emotional disturbance other than anxiety, depression, or OCD. Armed and trained security guards who have gone through background checks and the same emotional and mental health screenings need to be hired and three boards independently monitor their conduct.

Teachers with a legal gun license and current training should be allowed.

Yes, but only if they are extremely well trained and want to do it.

Only if a kid cheats on a test, and gets caught.

Yes, with proper gun safety training

No, have 1-2 security guards who are armed in a separate wing of the building just in case.

Yes only a trained teacher and for emergency use only

No, it poses too much of a threat; there are better self-defense tactics

Yes but I think that they need to be properly trained and away from the kids

A focus should be placed on the mental health of the students when they're as young as possible to help try and prevent any gun violence.

In that kind of situation I think no and they should just pay another person some form of trained weapons smith to be able to stay at the school during school hours in case something like that happens

No, there should be at least one, trained and armed, security guard

No, teach students and teachers about self defense and the dangers and limitations of guns: they are not the holy grail of self defense and are meant for offensive purposes.

no teacher should have a gun, but there should be more security officers.

N No, but security should

This is a local decision best made by each community

only officers that are trained should carry guns

I think that they need to go through training and be mentally tested so they can really do it

Yes, only if they have had strict training already using it.

They should be allowed to have them in safe spot in classroom but not just carry them around school

Only if there is a threat or your school is in a high crime area.

Yes, but It should be up to the school district, who can be armed.

If the teachers background is good and he has his pistol permit he/she should be able to carry but put the weapon in a spot were students cannot see or touch it.

Yes, but only after an extensive background check and it has to be concealed.

Yes with proof of proper training and licensing.

Yes, teachers with gun safety training and who WANT to carry a gun should be able to carry for the protection of themselves and their school community. No one should be forced to carry a gun.

If they are trained and liscensed, then yes.

Only if no students know about it

No, but If you have a concealed carry permit you should be able to take your conceal carry with you even on school grounds

No, hire professionally trained security guards who are certified to carry a firearm instead.

No, hire professionally trained security guards funded by the government instead.

Teachers or security should have a gun for protection but hidden and lcoked away in a safe or security gards holster.

Yes, teachers that are ex military or ex cops.

Only officers

Yes, but only after certified training and stringent psychological testing

I don’t think teachers should carry guns at school because most of them probably don’t know how to actually use one and that’s not safe. I believe that we should just have a few security guards or police that are trained. But that what we pretty much have now but we only have one

Yes, but only after intense training from professionals.

Yes, But they can´t show anyone, and they keep it to themselves.

Yes, as long as they have the qualification

Yes, if they have the required training.

Yes, but there needs to be strict prerequisite requirements

If they have a hunter license and a conceal and carry then yes they should.

I feel like teachers should incase of a school shooter tries to harm students or the teacher but if the teacher wants to have one they should get a background check done and they should go to like some classes to learn how to be responsible with it and how to use it properly.

Yes, if they have a license to carry

Yes, but they should go through stringent testing.

Yes, a teacher should carry a gun just in case the police cant get there right away when a school shooter breaks in. They need something to protect them and there class.

No, there should be trained security instead.

No, school shootings causes should be investigated instead

If they are trained I think yes but if they are not then no.

They should be allowed to have a taser. Because they don't accidentally kill someone, but they can stun them.

I honestly think that teacher should have some gun training but not use a gun unless needed.

In there class room to protect the students

Yes but the teachers need an ID to enter the building with a gun.

Yes, but they have to be highly trained.

They should be allowed to as long as the other administrators know, the gun is legal, and they have gone through gun trainings.

It depends because it could be good for self-defense but this could also increase the rate of accidental shootings.

No, more guns will not stop school shootings

Yes, but they must go through additional training and screening beforehand

No, there could be accidental shootings, and racism still lies in schools, which can cause the gun being used when angered by a teacher or student.

NO, no one should should bring a gun to school. What they should do is that add a metal detector or something that can detect guns if anything was trying to shoot up the school.

Choice of school. At least 1 armed human.