Letter: Teachers + guns = a very bad idea

Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007 | 7:06 a.m.

On reading the "Teachers who get police training could get extra pay, carry guns" article Wednesday, I was astounded!

Having been a teacher for 40 years, I am a product of the "old school , " which stressed that teachers are to be impeccable models for their students. That Clark County School District teachers would be encouraged to aspire to be eligible candidates for serving as reserve campus police officers by being paid an additional sum of $3,000 is an insult to academia.

This idea would be turning our schools into war zones. The concept is barbaric! It is illogical! It is sick! Youth wishing to prove their manhood would find a way to challenge those teachers with guns . Would students feel respect or fear for the teachers with guns? Would the students who are in gangs not feel even more threatened and retaliate? Would not district schools be adding fuel to the fire by bringing additional guns to the school campuses?

These are but a few of the arguments against the proposal that certain district teachers carry guns into their classrooms .

Mary Gafford, Las Vegas

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