Susanna Gratia Hupp Quotes

One of the really painful things we have found out about weapons carried by our kids is that they think they have to bring in the weapons to protect themselves.

Gun control is not the answer. The best and most effective path forward, I believe, is one that safeguards our schools from becoming 'soft targets.'

Teachers do not need to be armed with guns to protect their classes; they need to be armed with a solid education in order to teach their classes.

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. I call on Congress today to act immediately, to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school - and to do it now, to make sure that blanket of safety is in place when our children return to school in January.

We ask why there is violence in our schools, but we have systematically removed God from our schools. Should we be so surprised that schools would become a place of carnage?

If - heaven forbid - a shooter did come into my class, I wouldn't want to have to worry about getting caught in a crossfire.

The last thing we need is efforts by some politicians and the NRA to arm educators and allow more guns in our schools.

Many schools desperately need caring professionals like guidance counselors and social workers to ensure students' emotional, social and educational needs are met. But proposals to arm teachers are irresponsible and dangerous. The role of educators is to teach and nurture our children, not to be armed guards.

No one should have to go to school with a bulletproof backpack or be afraid to go to synagogue or church or a restaurant.

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.

We need to have every single school in America immediately deploy a protection program proven to work —and by that I mean armed security.

Look at the facts, look at the circumstances if you choose to have an open mind and understand and care deeply about the safety of children in this country in schools.Schools are a weak spot. Bad guys know that they are gun-free zones, because they prey on it. So why can't we be honest about what's going on and do something to help save kids, whether it's having teachers that are trained and carry weapons, dogs in the classrooms, like canines for cops?I think it's very good.

There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are good things. But they are no more a solution than forks and spoons are a solution to world hunger.

If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals.

It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the merits of guns.

It's fine to have armed guards, but don't then tell everyone else they can't own a gun.

I've been teaching full-time for 41 years at small colleges, and I can't imagine what it would mean for me or my colleagues to be armed with handguns or rifles instead of books and a thorough knowledge of our chosen disciplines.

There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes.

Gun Control? You control your gun, and I’ll control mine.

The only people in this country who should have guns are police officers and soldiers

Gun regulation is historically as American as is gun possession.

Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe

I see no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying a loaded weapon.

The class of people we wish to deprive of guns, then, is the very class with the most inelastic demand for them—criminals—whereas the people most likely to comply with gun control laws don’t value guns in the first place.

The 2nd Amendment was for protecting the people from the government.