A social studies teacher in Georgia barricaded himself in a classroom today and fired a gun out the window, which led to the principal locking down the school and a subsequent 35 minute standoff with police before the teacher was arrested. Hunter covered the incident in his diary this morning. Now students in the school are saying that this is proof that arming teachers is a bad idea.
Jesse Randall Davidson was apparently having a bad day. According to CNN Davidson locked himself in his classroom and refused to let students enter. When the principal put a key in the lock, Davidson fired his handgun out the window. That prompted the principal to put the school in lockdown. Davidson surrendered to authorities half an hour later. Splinter:
The incident comes amidst a national debate over whether or not arming teachers in America’s schools would make them safer in the wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. Donald Trump and a number of Republican lawmakers have strongly advocated for putting more guns in classrooms, claiming it would act as a deterrent for would-be school shooters.
Sane people, on the other hand, have pointed out that arming teachers is not only morally repugnant, but also that the proliferation of weapons in schools will only invite a wave of deadly accidents, misunderstandings, and overreactions.
While it remains to be seen exactly what the teacher now in custody by the Dalton Police was doing with their gun, the incident will hopefully force some of those advocating for more guns in the classroom to reconsider.
The cosmos itself would seem to be trying to impress upon Trump and the Republicans the stupidity of their posture on school shootings.