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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I only want combat veterans  to become armed teachers.  That would be really good. [/quote]

Because having been in combat in Iraq or Afghanistan (or wherever) trains you to react appropriately to a school shooter in the school you're teaching in?[/quote]
No, because the PTSD really gives them that edge.

Actual combat vets I know have been posting about what a terrible idea this is, talking about the realities of a firefight in a building--the confusion, the crossfire, the noise.  [/quote]

I’m an actual combat vet (who, like most fellow combat vets, does not have PTSD and who also knows that civilian rates of PTSD are actually higher than military rates).  But that aside, this is a HORRIBLE idea.  I would be fine with a national service of competent professionals that protect schools, like a school version of Air Marshals. I would also be extremely comfortable with security screening at entrances of schools. If a combat vet wanted to become a teacher (and like a pp said, it so unlikely that the sort of vet you’d want to be armed in a school would take the low salaries since they command high salaries in consulting) it could possibly be marginally helpful. But there wouldn’t be enough *competent* takers to make a dent. [/quote]

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