My first impression of listening to Carolyn Cain is that she sounds waaay too much like Sarah Palin.  It was just a first impression I got…(and a side note~the eye movement?  That is a sign of mercury/heavy metal poisoning…I kid you not.)

Where to begin??

My God, can you imagine a child getting a hold of a gun and killing his/her classmates?

Or a child, say a middle schooler, that was in one of those pissed-off-at-the-world moods who gets the teacher’s gun and shoots her?

The gun can (and will) be used in so many ways that are unintended…that is, they won’t be protecting people’s lives, but ending them.

I mean, really, schools that I taught in were safe–all doors were locked and you had to be buzzed in to enter the school.  They go through exercises to practice the drill for any emergency, including this, so I’m at a loss as to how Sandy Hook even happened.  I do know that the nurse was given a moment in time when she could have tried to stop Adam Lanza–he was right next to her as she hid under a desk (if I recall correctly).

If she had a gun, would she have used it?  I know that I wouldn’t.  I’d try to find some other means to stop someone from the rampage.  I would have tried to tackle him once his back was turned…I may have died in the process, but at least I would have tried to stop more from being killed…and at the very least, it would have bought more time until police could arrive.  Just my thoughts on it…

Looking at the comments, the first one on the Ed Show website is brilliant:

If she wants to carry a gun at work, she should quit teaching and become a cop.

Amen.

Also, if I were still substitute teaching, I would not want to be in a classroom with a gun in it. Period.  I would refuse to teach or have the gun taken by the principal.

I’m not being dragged into the fear.  And the kids need to see the adults not being manipulated by fear.