Guns at School

Time to revisit this issue:

"Do we really want our educators carrying weapons?" The majority of teachers throughout the country are female. For the year 2011-2012, the Alabama Department of Education reports that 80 percent of the public school teachers (46,074) are women. Nationally, women have a tendency to own fewer guns than their male counterparts. A 2011 Gallup poll revealed that 52 percent of males report having a gun in their household where only 43 percent of women do likewise.

Other questions including how the guns would be provided in who underwrites the training also come into the debate when thinking about arming educators. The situation in Huntsville is typical of what takes place throughout America where local laws, and in many cases, federal laws must be either amended or abolished in order to even consider the idea of teachers carrying weapons.