UPDATED: Craziest Teacher In America, Or Conservative Satirist? :: Guns, teachers, and self-defense/Letter to Boston Globe

Yes... the guy is a writer.

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This letter to the paper is so insane, it has got to be a stealth writer.

It has to be.

Or, if this is an actual teacher... he must be fired for breathtaking insanity. (I'm off to Google the name.)

Current school security procedures lock down school populations in the event of armed assault. Some advocate abandoning this practice as it holds everyone in place, allowing a shooter easily to find victims.

An alternative to lockdown is immediate exodus via announcement. Although this removes potential hostages and makes it nearly impossible for the shooter to acquire preselected targets, it unfairly rewards resourceful children who move to safety off-site more shrewdly and efficiently than others.

Schools should level playing fields, not intrinsically reward those more resourceful. A level barrel is fair to all fish.

Some propose overturning laws that made schools gun-free zones even for teachers who may be licensed to securely carry concealed firearms elsewhere. They argue that barring licensed-carry only ensures a defenseless, target-rich environment.

But as a progressive, I would sooner lay my child to rest than succumb to the belief that the use of a gun for self-defense is somehow not in itself a gun crime.

DOUG VAN GORDER
Quincy

Guns, teachers, and self-defense - The Boston Globe