School: Americans Don’t Have Right to Bear Arms

[fj1200]

...( these liberal teachers make me sick)...

Even where you live?

[Jeff]

Even where you live?

OOO yea we have them , don't get me wrong we have good teachers as well and I am sure some of the good ones might even have liberal beliefs ( seems like the colleges turn many that way ) but the ones that would teach the things I spoke of or tell my boys what a great Job Obama is doing, heck we even had one explaining to my 11 year old son a couple years ago how Obama was a great president the reason the country is in bad shape was Gw's fault , that kind of thing should not be taught to the kids , at best it is opinion, but those are the ones that make me sick

[red states rule]

[jafar00]

So, this guy, if he ever gets out of prison should be able to buy a gun because it's his 2nd amendment right?

[jimnyc]

So, this guy, if he ever gets out of prison should be able to buy a gun because it's his 2nd amendment right?

If/when he gets out of prison, he will no longer have a 2nd amendment right.

[Voted4Reagan]

When a teacher gets so much factually wrong, it's time for an apology and a promise to do better. Without that? I'd fire his ass.

Cant.... Tenure... Impossible to fire them.

Eliminate tenure and hold them accountable for every word they speak.

[Voted4Reagan]

So, this guy, if he ever gets out of prison should be able to buy a gun because it's his 2nd amendment right?

This is why Jafar should hold his anti-American comments.

JAFAR, in this country if you are convicted of ANY FELONY you lose your right to own Firearms.

before you try and be snarky and such, maybe you should know our laws first.

[tailfins]

This is why Jafar should hold his anti-American comments.

JAFAR, in this country if you are convicted of ANY FELONY you lose your right to own Firearms.

before you try and be snarky and such, maybe you should know our laws first.

I join you in finding these comments unacceptable. In most US jurisdictions, convicted felons cannot even vote.

[Thunderknuckles]

There are arguments on both sides as to whether or not the 2nd Amendment applies to the individual.
A good teacher would have discussed these arguments and asked the students to write an essay on their views with supporting arguments.
Unfortunately, this teacher is not in the business of educating, rather indoctrinating.

[Marcus Aurelius]

So, this guy, if he ever gets out of prison should be able to buy a gun because it's his 2nd amendment right?

you really should just stop posting. You don't seem to ever know anything about what your discussing, and only end up looking even more stupid.

[Robert A Whit]

There are arguments on both sides as to whether or not the 2nd Amendment applies to the individual.
A good teacher would have discussed these arguments and asked the students to write an essay on their views with supporting arguments.
Unfortunately, this teacher is not in the business of educating, rather indoctrinating.

Though this country has 50 states with national guards, the final statement bans the Feds from infringing on our rights to keep and bear arms.

[Little-Acorn]

So, this guy, if he ever gets out of prison should be able to buy a gun because it's his 2nd amendment right?

EVERYONE who is out of prison, should be able to buy a gun if he wants to.

Which is why we need to change our sentencing rules, so that anyone we think should not have a gun, NEVER gets out of prison before it's OK for him to buy a gun.

Except horizontally in a cheap pine box, like the guy in your picture.

[Thunderknuckles]

Though this country has 50 states with national guards, the final statement bans the Feds from infringing on our rights to keep and bear arms.

I agree with you. I'm firmly on the side of the 2nd Amendment applying to the individual. However, I acknowledge the arguments against this interpretation and I think a good teacher has a duty to present both sides to their students and make them think about what the 2nd Amendment means to them rather than presenting an opinion as fact.

[Robert A Whit]

I agree with you. I'm firmly on the side of the 2nd Amendment applying to the individual. However, I acknowledge the arguments against this interpretation and I think a good teacher has a duty to present both sides to their students and make them think about what the 2nd Amendment means to them rather than presenting an opinion as fact.

If she teaches them that the Feds can keep them disarmed (argument of the other side) she is flat out lying.

People also ignore that the first 10 amendments were rights the people have.

This is important since rights are just that, rights. If the Feds can infringe on the 2nd or the others, they are not rights.

[Thunderknuckles]

If she teaches them that the Feds can keep them disarmed (argument of the other side) she is flat out lying.

I agree. But that is not the core argument of the other side. The other side's argument is centered around the wording of "a well regulated Militia" to justify the interpretation that the 2nd does not apply to the individual as well as the Supreme Court case US v. Miller which is used to back up that assertion. On the other hand we have the Supreme Court case of the District of Columbia v. Heller where the court stated very specifically that the 2nd does, in fact, apply to the individual.

In terms of educating children, I think the best course is to ask students to analyze both positions as well as the intent of the founders and decide where they stand on the issue and be prepared to back up their positions with solid arguments. I would even take a day or two encourage a healthy student debate to get them to feel passionate about their positions. The sad part of this story is that the superintendent pulled the assignment entirely which does nothing at all to educate children on the 2nd Amendment.