Regarding "Push to prevent further tragedies ramps
up" (Page A1, Saturday), at long last, the movement to arm teachers and
staff members in our schools is getting some fair scrutiny in the
press. Meanwhile, Houston's police chief, Art Acevedo continues to pooh
pooh the movement and asks “Do we really want to see cases of a
teacher’s gun discharging and hitting a student?”
The problem for Acevedo is that since 2012, nearly
1 in 7school districts across Texas have allowed teachers and staff to
carry concealed weapons, but there has not been a single instance of a
teacher even discharging a firearm on campus, much less shooting a
student. And many of these campuses also advertise that school staff is
armed, introducing a gratifying uncertainty into the lives of potential
mass shooters.
Acevedo needs to open his mind to the
groundbreaking work being done elsewhere, instead of simply blaming guns
for everything. It is clear from the experience in those 172 Texas
school districts that guns in the hands of good people is the solution,
not the problem.
Pete Smith, Cypress
https://www.chron.com/opinion/editorials/article/Arming-teachers-12714763.php
https://www.chron.com/opinion/editorials/article/Arming-teachers-12714763.php
