Arming teachers
The massacre in a Connecticut elementary school last month provoked fierce debate in the United States about how to prevent such tragedies from reoccurring. To that end, President Obama announced a wide-ranging set of gun control proposals on Jan. 16. But the suggestion put forward by the country’s powerful pro-gun lobby is not to reduce gun ownership, but to arm teachers and authorities in schools. Many have already been attending courses like this teachers-only firearms class in Florida.
A local school teacher taking the free firearms class at the Veritas Training Academy uses a rubber gun during a practice drill on disarming an attacker.
Firearms instructor Mike Magowan demonstrates how to disarm a person holding a gun to one's head.
The teachers practice disarming attackers.
Some of the school teachers taking the class smile, while one takes part in a drill with a rubber training gun.
The class instructor, Mike Magowan, uses an edgeless training knife to explain how to disarm a person holding a blade to one’s neck.
Magowan looks on as one of the teachers in the class takes aim at a target during the training.
He uses a rubber pistol to demonstrate a shooting stance to the class.
Magowan watches as one of his fellow instructors assists a student at the firing range.
Bullet holes are left in a target showing an armed adult taking a child hostage.
