Senator Who Advocates Arming Teachers Accidentally Shoots Teacher With Rubber Bullet

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BYIGOR VOLSKYONAUGUST 29, 2013 AT 12:14 PM


Arkansas State Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson

A state senator who is advocating for arming teachers in the aftermath of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, accidentally shot a teacher with a rubber bullet during a training course, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazettereports.

Arkansas Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson (R) recently participated in “active shooter” training and mistakenly shot a teacher who was confronting a so-called bad guy. The experience gave Hutchinson “some pause” but failed to shake his confidence in the plan.

“The ideal would be to have a trained resource officer in every school,” Hutchinson told the paper. “The state and school districts can’t afford that.”

In July, Arkansas’ Clarksville School Districtannouncedthat it would “train and arm 20 staff memberswho would act as security guards to defend against a gunman” and “applied for a license from the Arkansas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies to act as a private company with authority to hire private security officers.” Following a legalsquabble, however, a state board is scheduled to decide next month if staff members can in fact act as security guards.

Since the Newtown shooting, schools around the country have moved toencourageorrequireteachers (and sometimesstudents) to carry firearms.

But serious questions persist about the wisdom of arming teachers.Even trained policehave a track record of mistakenly firing on civilians in standoff situations and in Kansas, a school that armed its teachers wasdenied coverage by major insurers, who deemed the armed teachers too great of a risk.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/20...er-accidentally-shoots-teacher-rubber-bullet/

this country is heading down a very dark path

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Irony is one of my favorite forms of humor, and in America it is never in short supply.

 

[LionofJudah]

 

[Robbie3000]

Teachers didnt sign up for this shyt. They already get shytty pay to teach now they have to be John Rambo as well?

 

[kickz]

I am dying here

 

[88m3]

I've gotta say I was always impressed with how well he carried himself after he did that, as much as I despise his profession.

 

[LionofJudah]

I've gotta say I was always impressed with how well he carried himself after he did that, as much as I despise his profession.

I agree, dude was a fukking dumbass, but he kept it G after shooting himself. nikka wanted to bring out another gun LOL.

 

[jackswstd]

Can't wait for the first teacher that shoots a student in a fit of rage.