# Arming teachers **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 16, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927 "2018-02-16T14:48:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 45
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927/881 "2018-03-14T21:52:36Z")
> [@obbn](#): > > Yawn What an incredibly insightful post. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927/882 "2018-03-14T22:51:28Z")
> [@obbn](#): > > Yawn It’s no use **obbn** ; if militant antis like our own (name deleted) had their way, gun ownership would be classified as a form of psychopathy. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927/883 "2018-03-15T00:45:47Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > It’s no use **obbn** ; if militant antis like our own (name deleted) had their way, gun ownership would be classified as a form of psychopathy. Who has argued that? People have talked about licensing and registration, but who has argued what you propose? Show a modicum of courage. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927/884 "2018-03-15T02:12:19Z")
> [@Crazy\_Canuck](#): > > In a probably pointless attempt to drag this thread back on-topic, does that punishment also apply to a teacher who allows their firearm to be taken by a student? Does it apply if it’s taken from a school guard? What if a student steals a teacher’s keys and kills 8 students with a car? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927/885 "2018-03-15T02:31:35Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > To minimize the risk of motor vehicles, I propose some sort of locking mechanism for them, and some sort of registration for the car and test for the driver. > Oh, we have those already for cars? And not for guns? And the idea of a mechanism on guns to only allow registered users to fire them drives the NRA bonkers. > Comparing cars to guns is moronic, unless you agree to the same limitations on guns that exist for cars. > > Good for you. But your safe will not protect you or your wife from the gun if you decide to use it on yourself or the other. Which is far more likely to happen than some stranger breaking into your house. You also have to get pretty close to people to kill them with a car. This is not necessary with some guns, especially the modified ones, which can be fired on hundreds of people by someone who is quite some distance away and at a greater height. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927/886 "2018-03-15T04:04:52Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > What if a student steals a teacher’s keys and kills 8 students with a car? He gets a job at Rockstar as a technical consultant. ---
**Author:** ![Crazy\_Canuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazy_canuck/32/5282_2.png) [@Crazy\_Canuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazy_Canuck)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927/887 "2018-03-15T15:18:22Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Does it apply if it’s taken from a school guard? What if a student steals a teacher’s keys and kills 8 students with a car? Pointlessness confirmed, unsubbing and moving on. Y’all have fun. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927/888 "2018-03-15T17:17:09Z")
> [@obbn](#): > > Yawn Have some coffee, if you are having trouble keeping up. > [@Lumpy](#): > > It’s no use **obbn** ; if militant antis like our own (name deleted) had their way, gun ownership would be classified as a form of psychopathy. Is “(name deleted)” the name of your very favorite strawman? > [@Magiver](#): > > Does it apply if it’s taken from a school guard? What if a student steals a teacher’s keys and kills 8 students with a car? What the hell is a teacher doing with a car in the classroom? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927/889 "2018-03-15T17:57:48Z")
Are the cars equipped with “bumper bumpers” that allow the car to run over someone several times in rapid succession? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927/890 "2018-03-15T18:06:28Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > What the hell is a teacher doing with a car in the classroom? Maybe it’s an auto shop class? And he was doing a safety demonstration of the car, and it just went off and ran down 8 students? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927/891 "2018-03-15T18:24:59Z")
Be careful cleaning those things. They’re dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927/892 "2018-03-15T18:43:50Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Who has argued that? People have talked about licensing and registration, but who has argued what you propose? Show a modicum of courage. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > Is “(name deleted)” the name of your very favorite strawman? Alright: **ElvisL1ves** and **Der Trihs**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927.md?page=44)