tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post9199546900765999567..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: Packed house hears pitch for arming NKY teachersRichard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-85961247999799068722014-02-20T20:20:29.014-05:002014-02-20T20:20:29.014-05:00Following Columbine in the spring of 1999, the Fay...Following Columbine in the spring of 1999, the Fayette County Public School Administrators met to discuss security protocols for various kinds of imagined armed intrusions. John Toye had been our district law enforcement division head honcho for a while. He asked if anyone was armed, but he also reminded us that it would be a violation of policy if we were. Jack Lyons the Principal of Morton Junior High and my next-door-neighbor was a concealed carry instructor. Others had permits. For a moment folks just kinda looked around the room. …waitin’ to see who might be carrying, I guess. We reviewed our protocols, and then went on with our administrative agenda. But it was not long before Toye surprised us when approximately 15 police officers in swat gear executed a full breach. I’m not sure everyone’s well suited for that kind of charged environment, and I’m not anxious to encourage friendly fire. If there are a bunch of guns in the building - unless I’m the guy carrying the gun - I’m not sure how much safer I should really feel. Richard Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-75178873727402913532014-02-20T14:56:09.536-05:002014-02-20T14:56:09.536-05:00I personally am not against having someone armed a...I personally am not against having someone armed at a school in order to protect students. I am also somewhat aquainted with what carry and conceal training, having had family members complete a process which is much more about filling out various stages of forms over an extended period of time than it is about any real training which would prepare a person for dealing with a shooter.<br /><br />Just like all things which seem to be being dumped on teachers in the absence of trained personnel to address the need, what is the liability when something goes wrong? If I am a teacher with a gun, am I suppose to leave my students unattended and start running toward the sound of gun shots and leave my students unsupervised during a shooting event? Worse yet, do I really want to be running around the building with a gun in my hand when police are converging on the building looking for an active shooter?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com