who teaches special education in kindergarten to the sixth grade. carolyn, great to have you with us tonight. the newtown shooting, did it have a profound effect on you to bring you to this conclusion? absolutely. getting a concealed/carry permit is something i thought about for quite a while. but when i was watching the news and listening to the teacher stories, i couldn t help but put myself in their shoes. and wonder what would i do? you know, and just start to think about what would i do in that situation. and i wanted options. why do you want to carry a gun in the classroom? why do you want to be armed? can you hear me? or did the audio drop out? carolyn the audio is gone. we re having an audio problem here, and we hope to correct it. carolyn cain, a grade school teacher in utah county, utah,
what kind of a message does that send to your students? well, it won t send any message because they won t know about it. like i said, i don t want i don t want in my classroom, i think it is the most importance that my students feel safe when they re in there, because that s the only way they re going to learn. they can t learn when they re preoccupied with other things. i would rather them not see big guns when they re walking into school. do you think your fifth and sixth graders will feel safer if they know you have a firearm? they could make that judgment? you know what? i wouldn t give them the choice. i wouldn t feel and in my community, i think they feel fairly safe anyway. okay. carolyn cain, i appreciate you joining us on the ed show tonight. thank you for your opinions and your insight on this. appreciate it. what did the gop learn from the latest election? it turns out not much.
0 pass rm, safe gun control in the state of new york. some governors just can t say it. this is a leadership moment for all people in elected office in this country. we are at a crossroads. which way do we turn? it s no time to change the conversation and start picking on the first amendment and say, well, it s the entertainment industry. the entertainment industry has been around for a long, long time. governor christie, it s the guns. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight s question, will the nra and republicans block responsible gun legislation? text a for yes. text b for no to 622639. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we ll bring results later on. joining me tonight is katrina van den hubbell. the conversation is elevating on all levels. with the hysteria coming from the right wing, is it going to make it tougher to get more reasonable gun legislation in this country? yeah, but i think you re right, ed. i think we re at a crossroads. it s
the fact that he negotiated a good evening, americans, and welcome to the ed show from new york. conservatives compare president obama to hitler over the gun issue? this is the ed show. let s get to work. the president and i are determined to take action. this is not an exercise in photo opportunities. joe biden says the president is serious about guns. you cannot tell me that a kid sitting in the basement for hours playing call of duty and killing people over and over and over again does not desensitize that child to the real life effects of violence. and republicans blame video games. the time for excuses is over. katrina vanden hubbell of the nation on what it takes to keep the debate from going in circles. armed in the classroom. we re talking to a teacher tonight about why she wants to carry a weapon in school. and the war on women is back. cecile richards and the attack on planned parenthood. drone strikes. they are killing terrorists, but the innoce
politics when people got along, even as they debated the big stuff. and that s hardball for now. thanks for being with us. the ed show with ed schultz starts right now. good evening, americans, and welcome to the ed show from new york. conservatives compare president obama to hitler over the gun issue? this is the ed show. let s get to work. the president and i are determined to take action. this is not an exercise in photo opportunities. joe biden says the president is serious about guns. you cannot tell me that a kid sitting in the basement for hours playing call of duty and killing people over and over and over again does not desensitize that child to the real life effects of violence. and republicans blame video games. the time for excuses is over. katrina vanden hubbell of the nation on what it takes to keep the debate from going in circles. armed in the classroom. we re talking to a teacher tonight about why she wants to carry a weapon in school. a