The Teachers with Guns meme is back on FB

[Chemisse]

And as a high school teacher, it makes me boil.

Here's what I wrote when my young grandson posted it (by the way, I blame my ex-son-in-law for the child's RW views).

They really don't pay me enough to carry a gun to work and be expected to use it, not to mention prevent it from getting into some student's hands while I am actually doing my job.

Oh, and now my job description will include stopping the flow of blood from gunshot wounds as well.

On top of it all, I should be ashamed if I don't stand in front of my students and take a few bullets for them. So no. Just no.

When will the NRA tools stop flailing about trying to defend the indefensible?

[Codeine]

1. Fuck, these people make my head explode.

Somehow everyone else in the entire Western world has managed to avoid this problem without handing out Armalites to the people who are teaching kids about Jane Austen and long division, but we can’t?

Just. . . goddammit.

[Ohiogal]

2. Amen.

The rightwing uberzealots won't be happy until we all live in a military state and live our lives in fear.

[RKP5637]

6. We have a disease in the US called the GOP, which has gathered all of the malcontents, creeps and

wackos under one banner called the GOP. And they cling together like sh**! ... and spread it via Fox News.

[BigmanPigman]

3. As a first grade teacher I was sick 50% of every school year.

I thought that part of my job would kill me (it almost did a few times...really) but having to deal with a gun in my classroom whether it is given to me by the admin or brought in by an armed gun nut I don't want any part of that scenario thank you! Dealing with school district bureaucracies and parents whose perfect children walk on water is more than enough for me to handle.

[Codeine]

4. One of the freeptards was musing about the idea

of an emergency box on every classroom wall, that a teacher could open to reveal a stash of body armor and shotguns.

In every classroom. Nationwide.

This is the fucking mindset we are up against.

[oberliner]

5. Unbelievable

And these people are serious about this or just trolling?

[Codeine]

7. They believe this shit to their core.

They’ve convinced themselves that the problem is entirely down to the fact that schools are “Gun Free Zones” and thus self-declared soft targets.

[Chemisse]

11. Oh FFS.

So we all have to live like we're in a war zone so that any person at all can gear up with an AR-15.

[Chemisse]

10. Exactly. Teaching is not an easy job.

And I can't even imagine teaching 6 year olds.

Adding the armed protection of the students to our list of duties is not just idiotic, it's an insult to teachers.

[Comatose Sphagetti]

8. Saw that on fb.

A family member posted it.
Stupidest fucking thing I ever saw.
Now I'm seeing memes of how we need to get back to jesus, teach morals, whataboutisms, what-ifs, etc.
Absolutely nothing on how to address the problem NOW.
There are no critical thinking skills with these people.

[Chemisse]

13. As if Jesus would be A-okay with an uzi in every classroom.

Do unto others first what you are afraid they will do unto you.

[Locrian]

9. I've come to the conclusion

I've come to the conclusion that a lot of these people LIKE the idea of an armed state. That they LIKE the drama and the fear - they get off on it and WANT this stuff.

Somehow - they think that all the smart things that could be done are boring and soft.

Of course in reality if they're ever involved in anything they'd be the first to code brown themselves. I fear that there is something stunted in the psychological development of about 30% of the population...

[Chemisse]

15. I think you're right.

It adds drama and makes them feel important.

It also feeds their fears, which makes them more anxious to have guns. I think many 'gun enthusiasts' are simply cowards, afraid to walk down the street without a weapon.

[snpsmom]

12. I'm a teacher

and just this morning I researched film to make the window in my classroom door shatterproof.

There is nowhere to hide in my 22' x 33' classroom. Unless I have time to get my students across the hall and through a locked door to the teachers' bathroom, we're sitting ducks (not that I've given this any thought).

[Chemisse]

14. I never think about it when I am teaching, but I do at other times and it is scary.

I have a nice location in my room where the kids can sit on the floor and not be seen. But what of it? A gunman will know that most likely there are people in the room. A gun can shatter the door lock and he can get inside.

We were told to think out of the box (ie there is no set of instructions that will save your lives), such as make a run for it or jump out the windows if it sounds like gunfire is approaching. That is not reassuring.

And if I had a weapon, I would have to stand there and try to ward off someone who could riddle me with bullets in just one second, while my students were trying to escape.

It is completely unfair to expect that of teachers.