You know the answer to this? Hire veterans. They've had, usually, years of firearm practice and training. Plus it helps our veterans find jobs and might keep some off the streets.
Um, do you want somebody with only 40 hours of training carrying a gun around a school? How many hours do LEO's go through?
You know the answer to this? Hire veterans. They've had, usually, years of firearm practice and training. Plus it helps our veterans find jobs and might keep some off the streets.
That's about 39 hours more formal training than most gun owners have who regularly carry their guns everywhere else in Indiana.
Your concern is valid, but it is a slippery slope. Are you implying that Indiana needs to follow other states in adopting a training requirement to recieve a LTCH?
You know the answer to this? Hire veterans. They've had, usually, years of firearm practice and training. Plus it helps our veterans find jobs and might keep some off the streets.
I agree with this, although not all veterans have handgun experience. However most vets are more competent than someone of the street or a new teacher with a firearm. This is a solution to the veteran unemployment epidemic. Law enforcement and retirees should also be welcome to apply.
I don't think you would have any problem at all finding people who would volunteer for free. State may just have to pay for some training though. Then again, there's probably some training places that would give the training for free or a good discount for this purpose.A big concern many have is how to pay for the added folks if it isn't someone already employed by the school. Would these be funded by the states education funding, through local law enforcement, etc? Any way you slice it, tax dollars would be used to fund increased staff. Not sure any of us are wanting to pay more in taxes.
State may just have to pay for some training though. Then again, there's probably some training places that would give the training for free or a good discount for this purpose.
I just hope it's competent armed staff. Wouldn't trust a rent-a-cop or many of my liberal and gun fearing teachers with my life. Hey, maybe they'll quit if we get a decent armed cop in the hallways.
Some questions that have been bouncing through my head while discussing this topic. Would appreciate INGO's opinions on these.
While I agree that there is a deterrent factor to having an armed guard in schools, I don't see any way that this is financially sustainable over a period of time, especially in our country's current financial status. If budget cuts are needed, and they will be needed, this would most likely be one of the first things to be cut. And of course there won't be any assistance from the federal govt. to back a program like this. Optimistically, schools can use volunteers or current employees, but how long will that last before people lose interest?