Eltern, die das Schulgebet unterstützen, befürworten auch die Bewaffnung von Lehrern. Diese Eltern befürworten eher die Bewaffnung von Lehrern und die Installation von Metalldetektoren als Eltern, die sich gegen schulgestützte Gebete aussprechen.

>A new sociological analysis suggests that American parents who advocate for teacher-led prayer in public schools also tend to favor specific types of security measures to prevent school shootings. These parents are more likely to support arming teachers and installing metal detectors compared to parents who oppose school-sponsored prayer. The research appears in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion .

>Following the tragedy of a school shooting, public discourse in the United States often fractures into two distinct camps regarding prevention. One side typically advocates for structural or policy-based changes. These often include banning specific types of firearms or expanding mental health screenings. The opposing side frequently focuses on infrastructural interventions. These proposals usually involve increasing the number of armed personnel in schools or hardening the physical security of the buildings.

>Simultaneously, a subset of American political and religious leadership often frames these events not as a failure of policy, but as a spiritual failing. This narrative suggests that the removal of religious observance from public education has left a moral vacuum. Proponents of this view argue that this vacuum invites chaos and violence.

>Samuel L. Perry and Andrew L. Whitehead conducted this [research](https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.70000) to investigate the relationship between these two seemingly distinct debates. Perry is a sociologist at the University of Oklahoma, and Whitehead is a sociologist at Indiana University Indianapolis. They sought to determine if a parent’s desire for religion in schools predicts their preferred method for stopping gun violence.

This is a nothingburger. Parents who favor prayer in schools tend to lean conservative. Conservative parents favor making schools harder targets as opposed to banning guns or speech. This is as groundbreaking as the research showing a rise in ice cream sales in beach towns leads to higher incidents of drowning and shark attacks.

Does this imply a correlation between fear and prayer or am I just making a false inference?

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I oppose prayer in school. Yet support voluntary arming of teachers. Just sayin.

I bet they are stoked about armed teachers that pray