Last week a small town in Texas passed a city ordinance allowing teachers to carry guns in school. Of course, many Texans grew up with good steel: knives, guns and cars. After all, the precision required for crafting a firearm is as close as producing a beautiful piece of fine jewelry. Applying the same logic to a school campus is a bit different.

Many have advocated hazardous duty pay for teachers in high crime areas and in divisions of special education dealing with the most dangerous (or potentially dangerous) students in the entire school district (emotionally handicapped and severely emotionally handicapped).

All too often the parents and other relatives of emotionally unstable students are in no better shape, themselves. Many teachers have been threatened or found that their personal vehicles have been damaged or sabotaged on or near school property.

Beyond that, teachers are routinely assaulted, not to mention insulted, by students and parents. In such dangerous situations, slightly built faculty or staff members may well need additional power to provide safety for themselves and other students.

However, doesn’t it make more sense to arm teachers with non lethal weapons like stun guns which wouldn’t be lethal if stolen and used against other students or staff? The addition of power could make a life or death difference. Non lethal power keeps it safer for everyone involved.