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Bicoastal

(12,645 posts) Fri Dec 14, 2012, 03:06 PM Dec 2012

It is a teacher's RIGHT to be unarmed. It is NOT his/her responsibility.

Good grief, what is this, the United States of Deadwood?!

I posted this the other day, you know, after the OTHER shooting spree we had this week. I will post it again, slightly amended, now that the debate is starting all over again.

As a civilian, I have the expectation of safety in a typical public space and will deal with random incident as it happens.

If a tree happens to fall on me or a family member as we're walking down the street, so be it. In that unlikely circumstance, we will not have time to ponder the wisdom of wearing a thick helmet when there are trees around. We will be too busy dead or dying.

I'm not going to walk around wearing a thick helmet to cushion my skull from random treefalls, and I'm NOT going to walk around carrying a gun to shoot dead some lunatic randomly shooting their gun at me.

I feel it is my right to expect to not be shot during my daily life. I feel it is the responsibility of those who produce and promote guns and gun culture to ensure that this has a very, very, very small probability of happening.

Am I crazy?

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It is a teacher's RIGHT to be unarmed. It is NOT his/her responsibility. (Original Post) Bicoastal Dec 2012 OP

No but I read a post from the gun lobby that upaloopa Dec 2012 #1

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upaloopa

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1. No but I read a post from the gun lobby that

Reply to Bicoastal (Original post)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 03:11 PM

Dec 2012

you getting shot is the price of freedom.
Your fucking dead but he has freedom to carry his gun.
Don't they say that freedom isn't free?
I guess in this case the cost is innocent lives.

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Reply to Bicoastal (Original post)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 03:18 PM

Dec 2012

The responsibility to protect yourself, your life, the lives of those you love and care for, and your property ultimately rests with you.

I personally don't carry, or own, a gun, but that is likely to change very soon.

I have read of many instances where a would-be gun-toting killer has been stopped by an individual defending himself or herself with a gun of his or her own. The fact is, if some of the faculty at the school had been armed, lives may well have been saved. I know that doesn't fit the agenda of most here, but it is true nonetheless.

I think most people have a slim chance of being shot during their daily lives (with the exceptions of law enforcement and those who live in high-crime areas). Should that chance occur, it will be because a criminal has decided to break the law, not because a gun was manufactured.

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