{"id":3169,"date":"2024-04-21T16:17:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T16:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3169"},"modified":"2024-04-21T16:17:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T16:17:16","slug":"how-much-training-do-teachers-really-need-to-carry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3169","title":{"rendered":"How Much Training Do Teachers Really Need To Carry?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/classroom_students_shutterstock_303888209-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"Shutterstock Image\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/classroom_students_shutterstock_303888209-696x464.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/classroom_students_shutterstock_303888209-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/classroom_students_shutterstock_303888209-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/classroom_students_shutterstock_303888209-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/classroom_students_shutterstock_303888209-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/classroom_students_shutterstock_303888209-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/classroom_students_shutterstock_303888209-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/classroom_students_shutterstock_303888209-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/classroom_students_shutterstock_303888209-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/classroom_students_shutterstock_303888209-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/classroom_students_shutterstock_303888209-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/classroom_students_shutterstock_303888209-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Education,,Elementary,School,,Learning,And,People,Concept,-,Group,Of\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock Image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>I recently came across <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nkornutick\/status\/1778220994320007425\">a dumb conversation on Twitter<\/a> that can actually be a little instructive. Instead of going straight to answering the question of how much training a teacher needs to be able to safely carry to defend children, I\u2019m instead going to shoot down the assumptions that lead to thinking teachers need dozens or hundreds (or even thousands) of hours of training.<\/p>\n<h3>Bad Assumption #1: Cops Receive Thousands Of Hours Of Excellent Training<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MNPD officers get 1000 hours of training on law enforcement and have 40 hours of continuing training requirements per year. I trust them a lot more than I do a teacher in that situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neil Kornutick (@nkornutick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nkornutick\/status\/1778241063242666302?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s the thing: looking at the overall hours police spend going through an academy and then continuing education is a great way to lead yourself astray on this question. Out of 1,000 hours (assuming it\u2019s even that many), a police cadet has to spend time on dozens of different topics. Much of it is completely useless to a teacher or anyone else carrying a gun for self-defense. A few of the topics include evidence handling, police procedures, emergency vehicle operation, fingerprinting, the laws relating to arrest and detainment, crowd control, directing traffic, FEMA ICS\/NIMS courses, hand-to-hand defensive tactics, the use of tasers and OC spray, handcuffing, traffic violations, felony stops\u2013I think you get the point!<\/p>\n<p>The fact is, everything you\u2019ve ever seen a police officer do and dozens of other things you don\u2019t see them do all take up time in an academy and in continuing education. If a cadet is lucky, there will be maybe 100 hours of firearms instruction, but much of that is learning about use of force laws, so the actual amount of gun handling instruction will be far, far less. I went through a volunteer police academy where we spent exactly two weekends on the range, and it took me years to fix the bad habits I had picked up in that academy.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"S7ufT_6Kgy0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DEA Agent Shoots Himself in the Foot\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S7ufT_6Kgy0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s more evidence of this, though. Remember the \u201conly one\u201d guy? Yeah, he was a \u201chighly trained\u201d federal agent! Ask anyone working at a gun shop or at a range who some of the most unsafe shooters are, and police officers WILL be on that list, and likely at the top. Talk to the best-trained police officers who go out and shoot competitions, and they\u2019ll tell you that the average cop just isn\u2019t very skilled with a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t mean to trash on cops here, but anyone being honest about law enforcement training will tell you that police training simply isn\u2019t a good benchmark.<\/p>\n<h3>Bad Assumption #2: Blood Will Run In The Streets<\/h3>\n<p>Like all anti-gun arguments, the idea that teachers can\u2019t safely carry a gun without \u201conly one\u201d level training is pure garbage.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I can tell you about a place where teachers carry on just four hours of required training. Surely such a place would be littered with the bodies of deceased children, teachers, and janitors, right? I mean, some goober with 4 hours of training and NO LIVE FIRE INSTRUCTION REQUIRED would certainly be a menace to society, and belongs nowhere near schools.<\/p>\n<p>But, this is how things are in the entire state of Utah. Anybody with the easy to get permit, teacher or not, can carry in any school in the state. I\u2019m sure someone can point to a few isolated incidents where something bad happened, but it\u2019s certainly not the norm or even common. Such things happen at school in other states when people carry unlawfully, after all.<\/p>\n<p>But, more importantly, Utah has never had a mass shooter in a school. The reasons for this probably extend far beyond the question of whether teachers are allowed to carry, but at the end of the day, the proof is in the pudding. If a whole state\u2019s worth of teachers are allowed to carry on almost zero training without something terrible happening, the argument against letting teachers carry in other states is utterly without merit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/how-much-training-do-teachers-really-need-to-carry\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shutterstock Image Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 I recently came across a dumb conversation on Twitter that can actually be a little instructive. 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