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Russian bots! Ahhhhh! How do we stop them? (Photo: Storia.me<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n

Russian bots are attacking our social media platforms, spreading misinformation and spouting extremist viewpoints. So says NPR in this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Okay, I\u2019ll bite. What are these bots saying that\u2019s so damaging to the free and open exchange of ideas on the interwebs?<\/p>\n

Basically, Ruskie trolls were propagating conspiracy theories that the Florida shooting was an inside job by Democrats and \u201cadvancing an extreme pro-gun position, saying teachers need to carry concealed handguns to protect students,\u201d reports NPR.<\/p>\n

Russian bots or no Russian bots, conspiracy theories abound after every national tragedy. Part of the reason for this is because the mainstream media is horrible at its job. People don\u2019t trust it, so they look to other reporting to get the truth. More on this in a moment.<\/p>\n

Arming Teachers is Not an Extreme Position, It\u2019s Common Sense!<\/h2>\n

Teachers should be armed. The very idea that that is an extremist position in today\u2019s climate is everything that\u2019s wrong with the mainstream media. Sociopaths are shooting up schools in this country because we are making it easy for them to do so. Not just arming teachers, but training teachers on how to use firearms would be a small step to making schools safer.<\/p>\n

And listen, we\u2019re not talking about arming every teacher. Mrs. Weatherby, the 80-year-old librarian with cataracts and arthritis, isn\u2019t going to get tossed an M4 with the expectation that she\u2019s going to be at the point when it comes time to engage a spree killer. That\u2019s lunacy. We’re talking about getting a select group of willing and able educators to learn the ropes of responsible gun ownership. That would help the cause.<\/p>\n

Everyone who is for arming teachers, myself included, will admit that it\u2019s no substitute for full-time security personnel, whose sole job it is is to monitor the campus and confront suspected threats. Yet, it is better than the status quo. The hope that the active killer will see the \u201cNo Guns Allowed\u201d sign posted on the building, halt his attack and discard his gun at the door.\u00a0 If armed security isn’t an option due to budget constraints, armed teachers is the next best thing.<\/p>\n

Lastly, schools across the country have implemented programs to arm faculty. It\u2019s not like this already isn\u2019t happening. Back in 2017, I wrote about the Ohio-based FASTER Saves Lives program<\/a>, which provides lethal force training and medical response to teachers and staff members. FASTER stands for Faculty, Administrator, Safety Training & Emergency Response.<\/p>\n

Since its inception in 2013, FASTER has trained at least 773 school teachers and staff members<\/a> from 194 districts in 8 states (including teachers and staff in 74 of Ohio\u2019s 88 counties). My guess is that right now their phone is ringing off the hook. It\u2019s not \u201cextreme\u201d to want your children to be guarded by capable adults with guns. Considering the alternative, it\u2019s the sanest action we can take to stop future tragedies.<\/p>\n

The people highlighted in the video below are extremists!!!\u00a0 Because they want to learn how to defend themselves and school children.<\/p>\n

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Back to the Media and Russian Bots<\/h2>\n

Honest question. Who is more damaging to our Republic, these meddling bots or the mainstream media?<\/p>\n

The bots are telling us to arm teachers. Meanwhile, the mainstream media is lying to us about the number of school shootings this year to push an anti-gun agenda that involves dismantling the core of our 2A rights. I’m not pro-bot.\u00a0 Just pointing out the facts.<\/p>\n

As I wrote about last week, the source of the \u201c18 school shootings this year\u201d lie<\/a> is Everytown for Gun Safety, the Bloomberg-funded gun control organization. What Everytown did is redefine \u201cschool shooting\u201d to mean any time a gun is discharged on a school campus. The result is a complete exaggeration of the truth. Because when we think of \u201cschool shooting\u201d we think Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, Columbine. We don\u2019t think of suicides or gang fights that incidentally happen on school property or the negligent discharge of a firearm in a criminal justice class that wounded no one. But all of those were included on Everytown\u2019s \u201cschool shootings\u201d list.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: Five Reasons to Support Gun-Free Zones in Schools<\/a><\/h2>\n

The media and anti-gun politicians (Yes, I\u2019m talking to you Ms. Feinstein<\/a>), took this stat and ran with it. TIME, CNBC, New York Daily News, HuffPost, NBC, ABC all reported on it while either wholly omitting the fine print of Everytown\u2019s school shooting definition or glossing over it. Thankfully, I wasn\u2019t the only one out there debunking this claim. PolitiFact also analyzed it<\/a>, concluding that it was \u201cmostly false.\u201d A polite way of saying it\u2019s B.S.<\/p>\n

Of those 18 \u201cschool shootings\u201d so far this year, \u201conly three involved a mass shooting. And the count includes two suicides, three accidental shootings and nine incidents in which there were no fatalities or injuries,\u201d noted PolitiFact.<\/p>\n

So this is where things come full circle. When the mainstream media continuously distorts the truth to push gun grabbing or calls what is a sensible position an \u201cextreme\u201d one, what happens to its credibility? It tanks. Which, in turn, forces people to look elsewhere for accurate news and information. Sure, some folks will get caught up in crackpot conspiracy theories disseminated on TwitterBook and InstaFace. Many others, though, will begin to see things more clearly.<\/p>\n

I guess what I’m saying is that the answer to the bot problem is an honest media.\u00a0 One that asks the right questions, investigates both sides of a story and reports the truth void of an agenda.\u00a0 Until we get that, expect more buzz from these meddlesome bots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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