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I’m glad that our school’s are taking the threats seriously, but it is sad that we’re having to take a part of these children’s youth away from them.

It is so sad that our country has come to this. Growing up I always felt that all of the terroist type of events were happening in other countries and we didn’t have to worry about it ever happening in our country. Each time I hear of such events, a little bit of the child still within me dies.

well in israel they had a few school shootings once ,then a terrible school bus shooting.,,,thats it! ,,,and they simply armed the teachers after training,and a few upper classmen students .after a couple more attempts ,and the shooters deprived of their fun and shot down imediately ,,suddenly no more school shootings ,, these shooters are not afraid to die ,they intend to,but they want an unobstructed target or targets ,, till they are ready to go ,,to be shot down at once spoils the fun for them. they look for unarmed targets . like it or lump it thats the answer ,,arm and train.

Wow, bob J, I looked it up and you are right – Israel has had armed teachers for over 25 years now, and since then, not a single child has been harmed. While looking it up, I also found that there is a school district in Harrold, Texas that allows teacher to carry concealed weapons if they have a permit and crisis training. Right here in America! It is really hard to look at something horrible happening in our schools, but Kip Kinkel was right here in Oregon. I have to say, in an event like that (God forbid) I’d feel better knowing my child’s teacher was prepared to protect my child with more than just drills to “keep quiet so they don’t know you are there.”

thanks Rebecca,,anyhow in oregon by state law we can carry (with Permits) in schools ,campus’s bars churches ,and many other places a lot of states people cant ,,however there is a lot of fighting against it and some colleges have attempted to ban it on theirs and of course some private places have also tried to ban ,there is still a lot of contreversy yet.

when i worked at a state college ,before i retired , at that time was before the “shall issue” permits came in ,and couldnt legally carry on campus . some of my co workers and i agreed it was better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6 ,,so we discreetly carried tiny 22 magnum pistols in our pockets ,,and always someone in our group had at least one and maybe more so called assault weapons ,rifle in our car trunks with plenty of ammo ,we had a plan between us if anything happened ,anyone of us could break open the trunk if need be and retreive the weapon,,gladly it never did ,but we were prepared . could we have stopped a shooting or masacure in our area ,,?? maybe ,,maybe not ,,but a lot better chance than to be shot down like rabid dogs ,,,and could have saved many lives .by the way myself and the others were mostly war veterans and or sportsmaen and were well schooled and trained in weapons .

This is a real world we live in, with real killers who aim to do us harm. The sooner everyone starts realizing that and dealing with the importance that we must be able to protect ourselves and the children in our care, the better off we will all be. I’d rather err on the side of a protecting against more “has happened” stories and not be concerned with the “but what if” stories if law-abiding citizens arm themselves.

It’s terrible that our schools have to guard against school shooting threats, but I’m so greatful to have teachers, like you, to teach students saftey procedures in the event this happens again. Thank you!

yes,,Kay,,you got it right . yes are so many that worry what if that susposedly good person with the conceal permit goes bad or??? snaps?,or??? ,,granted it could happen ,but is very unlikely. id rather be in a crowd of a thousand with conceal permits than in a crowd of also a thousand where no one has or in a state/country where are no permits avail. as mentioned before ,,these demented shooters , look for places likely to be unarmed .(soft targets )
folks need to read the story of susan gratia hupp, (now congress lady, who to obey the law before texas had conceal permits left her 38 spl snubby revolver in the car to be law aa biding while going into lubys in killeen texas to eat with her mom and dad ,,so she had to watch he rmom and dad executed by the mad killer -shooter.thinking if only she’d brought her gun in ,she would have had the oppertunity to take a 2 handed rest kneeling over a table,take careful aim, and easily taken out the shooter with a head shot .. try to read this ,,,anyone

my apologies ,,Susan Gratia Hupp is a texas rep,,not a us rep,anyhow she did address congress and is a video of that on u tube , very powerful. if anyone interested goes to google and type in her name ,it will bring up lots about ,,and the u tube videos are accessable from there .

We live in an everything goes world and then are we surprised at when everything actually does go. Goes out the window.

Stop violence. Turn off the TV, read a book.

Great article, and welcome to the team! I appreciate your candid honesty in this article. As a mom of 2 little girls (ages 3 and 1), I am so saddened that these drills even need to be a reality in this world, but I am thankful for teachers like you who are willing to be there to protect and serve when parents are not around. Keep it up!