Chris Swecker: ‘Unworkable’ to Arm Teachers

EXCERPT:

SWECKER: "It’s unworkable. There’s 90,000 elementary schools in the country, that's not counting private schools or secondary schools or preschools. And a training program — for example, in the F.B.I. we had to train quarterly all day long to stay proficient and certified to carry our firearm. And I think diverting teachers once every quarter even to go do that is unworkable. Secondly, there are professionals who can handle the security at schools, who are trained. Teachers need to be teaching, not openly wearing weapons in school. The only way to do this is openly carry the weapons, if it’s a PE teacher or a teacher. It’s just hard to imagine them strutting around school with a weapon on their hip. I don’t see it happening. I just think it’s totally unworkable."