Would you let your child be in a class with a packing teacher?
Texas school district to let teachers carry guns A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district's superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said appeared to be a first in the United States.The board of the small rural Harrold Independent School District unanimously approved the plan and parents have not objected, said the district's superintendent, David Thweatt.School experts backed Thweatt's claim that Harrold, a system of about 110 students 150 miles northwest of Fort Worth, may be the first to let teachers bring guns to the classroom.Thweatt said it is a matter of safety."We have a lock-down situation, we have cameras, but the question we had to answer is, 'What if somebody gets in? What are we going to do?" he said. "It's just common sense."Teachers who wish to bring guns will have to be certified to carry a concealed handgun in Texas and get crisis training and permission from school officials, he said.Recent school shootings in the United States have prompted some calls for school officials to allow students and teachers to carry legally concealed weapons into classrooms.The U.S. Congress once barred guns at schools nationwide, but the U.S. Supreme Court struck the law down, although state and local communities could adopt their own laws. Texas bars guns at schools without the school's permission.
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Nah I'm cool on that. I think Lady J said it best, because you have a licence to carry doesn't mean you have sense. If they want to bring guns into the school, start hiring off duty police officers or train guard companies to do this. I don't think a teacher should have the right to be strapped,that just don't sound too safe to me, when teachers are partaking in FIGHTS with students etc. Who's to say a teacher won't get aggravated and shot firing off rounds at a child because he/she got on her nerves.
Yea I agree, I'm not sure this is a good idea. I would be paranoid if my son's teacher had a gun. They should at least have to go through some sort of gun safety training.
I think maybe at the most she could get some Mace. That's enough to break -up a bad fight and all you'll have is a little soreness of the eyes.
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