Should Teachers Be Allowed To Bring Guns To School?

Published: September 19, 2007, 2:21 am

That’s the rather interesting question from The Christian Science Monitor which has an article up about a teacher in Medford, Oregon, who wants to bring her Glock 9mm to school with her and is filing a lawsuit so she can do just that. This is an issue that usually comes up after school shootings (Virginia Tech, etc.), and I am generally in favor of teachers bringing guns to school. That being said, I’ve got something of a nuanced position on this one in that I don’t think people have a right to bring their guns to work. Now, in the instance of schools and given this trend where people/kids go nuts and start shooting up schools, I think it’d be a good idea. But just because an employee wants to bring their gun to school doesn’t mean they have a right to do it. And there’s some precedent for that. Employers can already set dress codes, tell an employee where they can go and where they can’t go, and limit an

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