Study Refutes Claims That Armed Teachers Makes Schools Unsafe

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

Anti-gun zealots continue to trip over themselves to illustrate how unsafe arming teachers is. Fortunately, disputing their so-called studies hasn’t been exactly difficult.

Poking holes in studies is one thing, but creating a study to look at the real concerns is quite another, and that’s where John Lott comes in.

Lott specializes in conducting studies to look at real problems. He took a look at the issue of armed teachers since we have several states that have allowed teachers to be armed, and found the fears to be unfounded.

John Lott’s latest study refutes claims by anti-gunners that the presence of firearms on school campuses increases the chances of gun violence. President of his Crime Prevention Research Center, Lott’s study answered two questions raised by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Giffords Law Center and others: 1) Does letting teachers carry a firearm on campus and in the classroom increase the chances of gun violence?; and 2) Does the presence of those teachers carrying legally deter mass shooters?

The study, released last month, found: “We don’t need to guess how the policy would work. There has yet to be a single …Read the Rest

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