Quite a flurry of opinions centered around the Utah teacher whose gun went off in the toilet.
First of all, you need to consider the culture. Utah is probably the most gun-friendly state in the nation. Texas might be second. Utah certainly issues far more CC permits per capita than any other state--- by a huge margin. You have to sit through a half-day class, and, depending on the instructor, you may go to a range and prove that you can hit paper with a few rounds. You pay your fees, await your background check, and a few weeks later your CC card comes in the mail. Nobody gives you an IQ test before issuing the card, and nobody requires you to train regularly. Maybe the rules for CC permits in Utah should be more stringent. But they are what they are. And Utah's concealed carry permit is honored by something like 38 states, last time I checked, which must mean something. With such a large percentage of Utahns packing, this one incident with the grade school teacher is a statistically insignificant outlier and should not be the basis of a call to disarm teachers.
First of all, you need to consider the culture. Utah is probably the most gun-friendly state in the nation. Texas might be second. Utah certainly issues far more CC permits per capita than any other state--- by a huge margin. You have to sit through a half-day class, and, depending on the instructor, you may go to a range and prove that you can hit paper with a few rounds. You pay your fees, await your background check, and a few weeks later your CC card comes in the mail. Nobody gives you an IQ test before issuing the card, and nobody requires you to train regularly. Maybe the rules for CC permits in Utah should be more stringent. But they are what they are. And Utah's concealed carry permit is honored by something like 38 states, last time I checked, which must mean something. With such a large percentage of Utahns packing, this one incident with the grade school teacher is a statistically insignificant outlier and should not be the basis of a call to disarm teachers.