School district to let teachers carry guns

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Only in Texas folks

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26225072/?GT1=43001

HOUSTON - 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."
Board members estimate it would take first responders nearly 30 minutes to get to the rural school in an emergency.


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.

[zerojunkie]

Not a terrible idea considering what happened at VT.

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Originally Posted by zerojunkie

Not a terrible idea considering what happened at VT.

Aye, but this is a high school, not a university.

I'm kinda split on the topic. I'd probably be more in favor of them having stun guns..

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I'd feel better if they were just tazers.

[DropstylePro]

Hell yea! Only in Texas!

Lets hear it for the NRA!!!!

[progress]

Originally Posted by DjKrispy

Aye, but this is a high school, not a university.

Because we all know, shootings only happen at universities, not high schools or elementary schools......

[DREX]

the answer to shootings in schools is to flood the schools with guns


makes sense to me

[charlie brown]

hawtalta

[DropstylePro]

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

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Originally Posted by progress

Because we all know, shootings only happen at universities, not high schools or elementary schools......

Yea, I never said anything to that effect. I was stating the obvious really.
Really his VT comment was out of place, especially considering high school shootings are(or seem to be) more prevalent than college shootings or elementary school shootings.

So do you have any real input on the situation? Are you for or against this? Or are you just going to make a smart ass comment?

[tricky]

Originally Posted by DropstylePro

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

define militia....

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Originally Posted by tricky

define militia....

PTA.




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[DropstylePro]

Originally Posted by tricky

define militia....

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia

[progress]

Originally Posted by DjKrispy

Yea, I never said anything to that effect. I was stating the obvious really.
Really his VT comment was out of place, especially considering high school shootings are(or seem to be) more prevalent than college shootings or elementary school shootings.

So do you have any real input on the situation? Are you for or against this? Or are you just going to make a smart ass comment?

It's absolutely not out of place. It's a school. It's a place where most people are young. It's a place where everyone, until now, is unarmed. It doesn't matter where it is, if the state trust someone to carry than it shouldn't matter if it's a university, high school, or a 7-11. Criminals are going to carry regardless if they are licensed or not. I'd much rather have someone with a CHL and packing if and when that situation arises.

I'll keep the smart ass comments coming.

[johnny861]

"I'll be yer history teacher..."