Should Public School Teachers be Armed?

This is one of my favorite debate papers that I have written! :)

Public School Teachers should be Armed

On December 14, 2012, there was a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.  A man name Adam Lanza shot and killed twenty children ages 6 and 7, and eight adults.  Six that worked at the school, his own mother, and last, himself.

I believe that public school teachers should be armed for three reasons.  If teachers were armed, murderers would be less likely to target shootings at schools.  It is the best decision to keep the children safe, and more weapons in the hands of mentally stable, law-abiding, citizens reduces crime.

The first reason we should arm public school teachers is that If teachers were armed, murders would be less likely to target shootings at schools.  Right now, in schools there is not a single weapon that could be used against an enemy!  During shootings, all children can do is sit there and do nothing, besides calling the police the adults don’t do anything either!  If teachers were armed they would at least have a chance to save themselves and some of the children if the murderer were to attack their classroom.

The second reason public school teachers should be armed is that it is the best decision to keep all of the  children safe.  People argue that it is very irresponsible to leave a gun in the hand of the person that you don’t trust.  This argument is invalid because parents already trust teachers to educate their children and practically raise them.  Kids spend more time with teachers than they do their parents and the teachers feel responsible for the children if anything happens to them in their classroom.  Therefore; if a teacher feels more comfortable being armed, then let them have permission to be armed, weather its with a tranquilizer, pepper spray, or even a real gun.  

The third reason we should arm public school teachers is that more weapons in the hands of mentally stable, law-abiding, citizens reduces crime.  Why do you think that most shootings happen in schools?  A criminal chooses to shoot people and kids in schools  because they know that most likely no one in the school is armed making it an easy target.  This problem can easy be solved by arming most or even all teachers.  

Public school teachers should be armed for three reasons.  If teachers were armed, murderers would be less likely to target shootings at schools.  It is the best decision to keep the children safe, and more weapons in the hands of mentally stable, law-abiding, citizens reduces crime.  This issue matters to the children and the parents of children attending public school because this has to deal with their safety.