# Arming teachers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 16, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927 "2018-02-16T14:48:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arming-teachers/808927/302 "2018-02-23T00:47:07Z")

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> [@bobot](#):
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> [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/02/22/armed-sheriffs-deputy-stayed-outside-florida-school-while-mass-killing-took-place/?utm\_term=.774c6d4b1df8](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/02/22/armed-sheriffs-deputy-stayed-outside-florida-school-while-mass-killing-took-place/?utm_term=.774c6d4b1df8)
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> If the armed cops at the schools are too afraid to intervene in a massacre, maybe the teachers should be armed. What the fuck!?

Hey, that cop was only doing his job: making sure he would go home at night. Right? :dubious::rolleyes:

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