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Armed And Teaching: Oklahoma Considering Allowing Teachers To Bring Guns To School
by Monica Davis
Texas is thinking about arming teachers. And the gun industry has jumped into the fray. If certain people have their way, teachers will become shootists.
As some lawmakers call for real gun control reform in the wake of the Newtown tragedy, others are proposing a different strategy to curb school violence: arm the teachers. Republicans in at least six states plan to introduce legislation that would allow or require school staff to carry guns — an idea the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence called “insane.”
Meanwhile, a Texas gun store owner is cutting teachers a deal: a 10 percent discount on his concealed carry handgun classes. READMOREHERE
Parents and educators are at their wits end, trying to find a way to keep kids safe
Teachers and principals may soon be packing heat in the classroom, if Oklahoma State Rep. Mark McCullough (R) has his way. According to a report by The Oklahoman, the lawmaker “pledged to introduce legislation in the upcoming session to allow principals and teachers who go through training to be able to carry firearms on school property.” McCullough made the now-familiar argument that people intent on mass shootings are unlikely to follow the law:
This sacrosanct notion that we cannot do anything but have gun-free zones is just a fallacy. What we’re dealing with here is people who don’t care. They’ve erased their moral compass. They don’t care about the law, and they are intent on horrific acts. READMOREHERE
How does the nation deal with the mass distribution of antipsychotic drugs and their often violent, suicidal or murderous side effects? Particularly when it seems that the most frightening mass murderers have been psyched out on legally prescribed drugs.
