Teacher union leaders across the nation seem unanimous in their opposition to the idea of arming school personnel.

But thousands of rank-and-file teachers obviously disagree.

As many as 600 educators have signed up for a free “Armed Teacher Training Program” offered by the nonprofit Buckeye Firearms Foundation, according to the Dayton Daily News.

The foundation offered the program in response to last month’s deadly shootings at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

While the foundation has received inquiries from educators from more than a dozen states, most of those who have registered are from Ohio. About 70 percent of registrants are classroom teachers, but there are also administrators, office personnel and guidance counselors signed up for the course.

“We threw it up on a map and (registrants) cover the whole state,” said Jim Irvine, one of the founders of the foundation. “I wouldn’t be surprised if we had someone from each of our 88 counties.”

Similar courses have been offered to education professionals in Utah and North Carolina, and each has attracted hundreds of educators.

http://eagnews.org/hundreds-of-ohio-educ...raining-course/

Anecdotal evidence: a local store which sells guns started offering free classes on gun usage and safety. They had such a positive response, they had to add a 2nd class which was also immediately over subscribed. So now they are planning a 3rd. Gun sales, as we all know, are through the roof. People are voting with their actions.

This is all good to hear. I know if I still had kids in grade school, I'd feel reassured to know that there were trained personnel in the building in case some nut came calling.

Now....question is, although they are "trained", will they be armed? And what happens if they are caught in school (still a gun free zone) with a gun? All fine and dandy to be trained but if you're not armed, what good will that do?