Should Teachers Carry Guns In Schools Essay

“60% percent of U.S homicides are committed by firearm”. Can you believe that 60%, 60% of homicides are gun related. This is a large number, if people ,in general, were not allowed to carry guns, this percent would be much shorter. Also school shootings would also decrease. Be it resolved that guns should not be allowed in the hands of teachers. The first reason teachers should not carry guns is most teachers are not qualified to carry guns. President Trump says, “Between 10 and 40 percent of teachers are qualified to handle a gun.” If an unqualified teachers carries a handgun , the teacher could accidentally fire it off, hurting themselves or someone else. While the ones that are qualified and know what to do is a small percent. Imagine if …show more content…
This would be bad and could end up with someone being dead. The second reason teachers should not carry guns is teachers could be careless with their guns. “ I'm not sure I could even get to a gun in a drawer or closet to use it…” - Mrs. Robinson (not the teacher at our school) this shows that if a school shooting did happen, the teacher may not have time or the instinct to go for their gun, they are probably just worrying about themselves and their kids. Another possibility would be, a teacher could leave it in there desk unmonitored and unlocked, and anyone could take it, and use it, hurting themselves or others. Another example could be if the teacher was not paying attention to her students and one students steals her gun while it is holstered on her body because she was being careless, and he shoots it. Finally, Many teachers sometimes are overstressed and could have a mental breakdown, they were become depressed, and could end up killing themselves. If we allowed teachers to carry guns, teachers would be careless with their guns, it could lead to others being hurt or