Reply #13: I respect your opinion, but I disagree [View All]

[liberaldem4ever]

I can't equate life insurance with being armed with a loaded gun. You are right in the same way that you can believe that having a gun in your house is worth having to protect you and your family from criminals and will insure you from harm. Personally, I have never had a gun in my life and never will. I have seen many more little kids getting the guns in their house and hurting themselves than I see people shooting home invaders.

Still, it is every American's right to have a gun in their home if they want it, but it is also their responsibility to make sure it is kept safely. I never figured out how it is helpful to have a gun in your house if it is kept locked up. How do you get to it fast enough in an emergency? What if the criminal gets it first or from you? It seems that most people have them under the bed or in the closet, even with children in the house unsupervised. To me, that is scarier than a burglar. I'm not putting down anybody who has guns-I just don't understand it.

Anyway, if a school district decides that teachers having guns is worth it and the parents agree to it, and it is lawful to do, fine. But I have raised four sons from 27 to 17 and I would never send them to a school with armed teachers. I've never felt they were in that much danger in school for that to be worth it.