Thursday, February 7, 2013

Everyone has heard about the Sandy Hook shooting that happened in December.  Little kids lost their lives that day. But, since that incident happened more and more schools are talking about making it legal for teachers to have a concealed hand gun license to have it on them while they are at the school. Just for the likelihood that another shooting happens, the teachers can defend the students and take down the shooter.

KXAN reports that there is one lawmaker proposing a bill that will train teachers to also be armed marshals. A number of law enforcement are becoming more away and teachers are willing to do anything to protect the students at schools. 

The director of the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training(ALERRT), Dan Montague, has had more people interested in doing what they can to be able to protect the faculty and students at schools. 

"After incidents like Sandy Hook and Columbine, it heightens the awareness of all local law enforcement agencies to re-examine their training to specifically respond to an active shooter," said Montague.(KXAN)

The Protections of Children ACT, is at the top of the list of law makers. It will let teachers carry their guns volunteer to carry their guns on campus and be ready if a shooting was to ever happen again. 

School shootings can happen anywhere at any time. Our teachers and faculty members should be ready if it were to happen again. Our children shouldn't be worried about going to school, and should feel safe there. I know I will feel safe with my child at school knowing that they are protected by the faculty having the ability to do so. 

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