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AwakeAtLast

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20. If this is what is going to be expected of me

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Sat Jan 31, 2015, 01:35 PM

Jan 2015

I QUIT!!!

I did not become a teacher to carry a firearm and potentially harm a student. Oh, does kind of shit make me angry!!!!

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Texas bill alllows teachers to kill students [View all] eridani Jan 2015 OP

Bully Idea! I fully support the arming of teachers in red states let's prove ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #1

I agree, I read this and the first thought was Darwinism, the 2nd it will help make less Texans. Katashi_itto Jan 2015 #31

''This is the last time...... DeSwiss Jan 2015 #2

ROFL! cer7711 Jan 2015 #6

This is Texas. The only math they teach is "Jesus plus zero." blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #17

They're allowing the use of deadly force LuvNewcastle Jan 2015 #3

So will all the pro-NRA parents be happy with this idea? BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #4

Not to worry. No white kids will be shot for vandalizing a wall. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #10

They will be shot less BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #24

I agree. I was being sarcastic. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #26

I know, I think I'm all worked up from the stupidity of it BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #27

You are right on. It's all NRA & munitions manufacturer rhetoric. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #29

Franciscans were never face-slappers. But they had pinpoint accuracy with erasers n/t eridani Feb 2015 #37

LOL! And rulers to the knuckles. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #41

Quite Insane, What What? cer7711 Jan 2015 #5

Isn't deadly force in defence of the person already allowed, whether or not you're a teacher? N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #7

I think so. onenote Feb 2015 #38

Let me see if I have this right . . . MrModerate Jan 2015 #8

Damn when I was in School there newfie11 Jan 2015 #9

I grew up in Texas. I was once sent to detention just for fake-fighting with a friend. Aristus Jan 2015 #22

Lol newfie11 Jan 2015 #36

Seems like study hall is banished, its now the morgue room SummerSnow Jan 2015 #28

Even for Texas, secondvariety Jan 2015 #11

Makes sense. I've been thinking a big problem with arming teachers is when they miss and kill. Shrike47 Jan 2015 #12

I believe an amendment to this bill is in order drynberg Jan 2015 #13

You will find plenty of DUers that hate Texas so much as to agree with you. kentauros Jan 2015 #32

No wonder they are against Sharia law. Turbineguy Jan 2015 #14

probably many of us here thinking that if that were in effect rurallib Jan 2015 #15

Yeah, I'd be dead. Trillo Jan 2015 #19

The biggest problem with that thinking kentauros Jan 2015 #35

Wild West blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #16

Should students be given civil immunity if they kill a teacher? Trillo Jan 2015 #18

If this is what is going to be expected of me AwakeAtLast Jan 2015 #20

Good thing this wasn't law in 1952 Binkie The Clown Jan 2015 #21

I'm just going on record--this is a shitty idea. Starry Messenger Jan 2015 #23

It's just an upgrade to modern technology. Old vs New. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #25

Texas teachers have always been allowed to kill kids. McCamy Taylor Jan 2015 #30

Texas is our Saudi Arabia. JaneyVee Jan 2015 #33

The real kicker is hifiguy Jan 2015 #34

In other news, FOX is writing headlines in GD. Outrage ensues as desired. flvegan Feb 2015 #39

"Save the Fetus, Shoot the Child" NuttyFluffers Feb 2015 #40

And the latest addition to the Back to School shopping list is: avebury Feb 2015 #42