This afternoon, May 8th 20 18, a student was shot outside of the school that I teach at, IDEA Public Charter School of Washington DC. The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington DC is currently investigating the details of the shooting. There are a few details that the media will never want to disclose, which is a second amendment advocate, and a teacher inside of this school where the shooting happened just as students were being dismissed by somebody waiting for them outside off of school property.
Yes, I said it. Off of school property is where the shooter waited for the victim, which is my student. Please understand that’s some raw emotions are about to be Unleashed because I am physically not able to defend my student. It doesn’t matter if the incident was gang-related or in school related. I take this opportunity to advocate for teachers who want to take on the responsibility to carry a firearm and their classes and through their duties daily.
Would it have prevented the shooting? My guess is if people knew that the teachers were armed and willing to provide defense for our students, this might not have happened on campus. God forbid this was going to happen because the attack was an ambush. What might not have happened was the endangerment of any other lives.
Attack me as you wish liberal media. I call you out for your nonsensical avoidance of reality. I called you out for the falsehood of creating so-called safe zones that have no being of existence. You perpetuate the cycle of handling the business in an uneducated Manor. You glorify violence in games and Hollywood. What is this teach our kids? Absolutely nothing. I take that back it shows them to handle their problems with violence.
What does my call I’ll have to do with the Second Amendment? Everything. The brainwashing Administration of state county and local level schools has gone through, and hopes of providing a silly little safe Zone baffles me. Veteran teachers see this in new teachers. Coming in with great ideas is all fine and dandy until you try and Implement them. I wish administrations from many school districts around our nation would take that single lesson and apply it. Those in Utah and various other schools that allow concealed carriers to defend their students I applaud you. As a legally and physically defenseless person in my school, I call for changes to enable the teachers to be able to defend their students like they really should.
These students may not be my blood, but I treat them like they are my sons and daughters. Please make a point to understand that I am not criticizing my current Administration. There is no way they could have seen this coming. What I am criticizing is the blanket policies of so many states and the District of Columbia that do not allow me to defend my family. And yes I include my student as my family.
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Michael Cummings is a drivers education and World History 1 teacher at IDEA Public Charter School of Washington DC. He is also a second amendment advocate pushing for the training and competencies regarding firearms in all opportunities.
