Should classroom teachers be armed

As a response to security issues in schools, arming classroom teachers have been sought as a measure to enhance security in schools. I firmly hold that the concept of arming classroom teachers to improve safety in schools while positively acclaimed creates greater security risks than it aims to solve. Classroom teachers should not be armed because it contradicts with the law enforcement officers. Permitting classroom teachers to arm themselves transcends a person’s right to possess a hidden firearm. Arming teachers deploy assign them the role of enhancing public safety by protecting the public with the prospect and belief that teachers will provide an armed level of students safety and protect school personnel and its vicinity from security attacks. Considerable thought and adequate planning must go into the standards that explain the possession of arms by teachers.

The school management must expound the specific type of weapons to be possessed, who will supply them, and if teachers will be permitted to arm themselves when in the classroom (Weatherby, 2015). Although most school policies entitle school districts and personnel to assume the responsibilities for acts done within the scope of the professional line of duty, it is unclear who would bear the liability of carrying the weapon in case the teacher acted negligently. The meager availability of a weapon inside a classroom full of learners could be amply perceived as careless if not thoughtless act in which case the liability is placed on the teacher carrying the weapon to the classroom. I also believe that when permitting teachers to bring weapons to the classroom, the school management must consider the liability of injuries and financial risks caused by the weapon to the teacher.