3 Jul 2022 2:21 pm
DOESN'T MEAN THAT TEACHERS WANT TO BRING GUNS INTO CLASSROOMS, U KNOW THAT, DON'T U?TB7 » 03 Jul 2022, 2:08 pm » wrote: ↑ YOU DO KNOW THAT THE LIST IS OF STATES THAT ALLOW TEACHERS TO BE ARMED......I MEAN, YOU REALLY DO KNOW THAT.....RIGHT..
Texas teachers union survey finds that school employees don’t want to be armed
The survey, conducted by Texas American Federation of Teachers, comes two weeks after the Uvalde school shooting as Republicans call for more school employees to be armed.
BY BRIAN LOPEZ JUNE 8, 2022
5 PM CENTRAL
A survey of nearly 4,000 K-12 teachers in Texas found that most do not want to be armed while in class or be expected to intercept a gunman at school, according to the state’s teachers union, which released its survey results Wednesday. The Texas American Federation of Teachers sent an online questionnaire to its 65,000 members, which include public school teachers, support personnel and higher education employees, a week after an 18-year-old gunman killed 21 people — including 19 children — at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.
Soon after the shooting, Texas Republicans said the solution could be arming teachers.A total of 5,100 members responded to the union’s survey, including 3,673 secondary school teachers. Of those K-12 teachers, 76% of them answered “no” when asked, “Do you want to be armed?” About 90% of all school employees who responded said they are worried about a shooting happening at their school.