There is a call to arm some of Alabama’s teachers in the classroom to better protect students. BamaCarry, a gun rights group, says it supports the idea of some teachers being armed in the classroom once they have received proper training. “And nobody could know who they are,” says BamaCarry President Eddie Fulmer. “We all know that in school shootings, the first person with a gun on the scene stops the shooting.” BamaCarry’s president says it’s not always someone in law enforcement who stops the shooter. He says that teachers who can do it could save lives when seconds count. “Can you imagine a criminal with malicious intent walking into a school and seeing a sign that says ‘Some of our teachers are armed,'” adds Fulmer. “That’s all it would have to say.” The executive director of the Hoover-based National Association of School Resources Officers weighed in on the idea of armed teachers. “How is this teacher trained?” asks NASRO CEO Mo Canady. “What is your background? Are they willing to potentially take a life, and in many cases the life of a student who would happen to be the attacker in this situation.” He says he has a carefully selected and specially trained school resource officer on campus who has committed an act of violence on many occasions stopped. “Once law enforcement arrives, how are we going to identify the teacher as a good guy or a bad guy,” says Canady. BamaCarry emphasizes that not every teacher needs to be armed, but those who are qualified do.
There is a call to arm some of Alabama’s teachers in the classroom to better protect students.
BamaCarry, a gun rights group, says it supports the idea of some teachers being armed in the classroom once they have received proper training.
“And nobody could know who they are,” says BamaCarry President Eddie Fulmer. “We all know that in school shootings, the first person with a gun at the scene stops the shooting.”
BamaCarry’s president says it’s not always someone in law enforcement who stops the shooter. He says that teachers who can do it could save lives when seconds count.
“Can you imagine a criminal with malicious intent walking into a school and seeing a sign that says ‘Some of our teachers are armed,'” adds Fulmer. “That’s all it would have to say.”
The executive director of the Hoover-based National Association of School Resources Officers commented on the idea of armed teachers.
“How is this teacher trained?” asks NASRO CEO Mo Canady. “What is your background? Are they willing to potentially take a life and in many cases the life of a student who happens to be the attacker in this situation.”
He says the presence on campus of a carefully selected and specially trained school resource officer has stopped an act of violence in many cases.
“Once law enforcement arrives, how are we going to identify the teacher as a good guy or a bad guy,” says Canady.
BamaCarry emphasizes that not every teacher needs to be armed, but those who are qualified do.