“I have not. ... I've always wanted to be a teacher.”

— Jeff Melcher, para-educator, El Dorado

“No. ... I wouldn't want to arrest one of my friends.”

— Dee Poindexter, delivery driver, Baldwin City

“Sure. ... I'm into public service and helping others, and I think that police officer is one of the front line, hardest jobs for public service.”

— Megan Bickimer, social worker, Overland Park

“No, I wouldn't want to carry a gun.”

— Steven Maynard-Moody, professor, Lawrence