Would Teachers Be Expected To Buy Their Own Weapon Of Choice & Ammunition?

[TheMastersNemesis]

The schools are short of money now. I do not want my property taxes to go to pay for guns.

[Sherman A1]

1. I have seen nothing indicating that would not be the case

If the schools cannot supply basic needs now, how would they provide for any additional expenses such as firearms, ammunition, training and or certifications?

[PatSeg]

2. They are already paying for supplies

out of their own pockets. I wouldn't be surprised if they were expected to pay for weapons and ammunition as well.

[Baconator]

11. I believe the last tax plan removed their $300 deduction for that...

[PatSeg]

13. I think you are right

though they made a lot of changes at the last minute.

[rurallib]

3. that would be a great teacher training class in college

"Choosing and Obtaining the right weapon for your classroom"

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

4. Texas pays for the training but not weapons

From what I understand.

[dembotoz]

5. my wife always a fan of medieval history..i would expect her to release rats infected with bubonic

plague

[DemKittyNC]

6. Not only that but...

Are they expected to have to pay to get a concealed license as well? I think the last time I checked it was a hundred dollars just for that.

So estimating,

Around 700 to 800 bucks for the gun

Ammo? Like 25 to 50 bucks

Concealed License 100

Holster/Lock Safe or Case? 50 bucks?

So Est total: 875.00/1000.00


So teachers are expected to shell out that amount of money now? That money could go to buying supplies and materials that teachers desperately need in order to educate our kids. They don't need to put that money into something that will kill kids instead. Arming teachers is one of the worst ideas ever!

[Farmer-Rick]

7. Well, maybe the NRA can send some of those Russian Rubles to the schools

To pay for weapons, ammo, training, insurance, storage, vests and armor, family death benefits, emergency communications and certification and licensing requirements.

The NRA is awash in Putin bribe money, I'm sure they would be willing to share their treasonous loot.

[Kittycow]

8. A video from ABC/Diane Sawyer posted here recently

had law enforcement experts stressing that a key component of training is muscle memory and that it can be lost in a month or so of not practicing.

I don't know much about handling guns, especially in an emergency, but that really stuck with me. Training requires more than an annual excursion to the gun range like tRump tweeted.

[J_William_Ryan]

10. Correct

It takes considerable practice and experience to be competent with a pistol.

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. They want us to forget he ever said that. They don't walk things back, they just pretend it didn't

happen

[struggle4progress]

12. "I need a suitcase nuke for my class because

'only a teacher with a nuke can stop a crazy kid with a nuke'"

[crazycatlady]

14. Considering that teachers pay for things like pencils out of pocket

It would not surprise me.

My friend's a teacher. She jumped for joy when I gave her some old wrapping paper to be used as bulletin board covers because it was one less thing she had to pay for out of pocket.