Gun owners call for teachers to carry weapon on campuses during rally in Santa Fe

[Elderberry]

ABC13 June 23, 2018

A small group of open-carry gun advocacy and gun rights organizations held a rally Saturday in Santa Fe.

Those in attendance called on the school district to adopt policies that would allow teachers and staff to carry a weapon on school campuses.

The rally was presented by This is Texas Freedom Force and the pro-gun advocacy group Open Carry Texas.

Santa Fe ISD has yet to adopt a policy that would allow teachers to be armed. The state of Texas has left the decision up to local school boards.

More: http://abc13.com/local-groups-hold-pro-gun-rally-in-santa-fe/3644032/

[Oceander]

So more of them can be left in the bathrooms by the absent-minded or negligent?

[thackney]

So more of them can be left in the bathrooms by the absent-minded or negligent?

Of the more than 200 Texas schools that allow staff to be armed, which one has had that happen?

https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/education/2018/06/13/paint-rock-isd-adopts-guardian-plan-starts-training-arm-staff/695099002/

...In February 2018, the Texas Association of School Boards reported 172 of the state's 1,023 school districts had a policy allowing staff to carry guns. That number had grown to about 225 by June 13....

[thackney]

After Santa Fe, 54 percent of Texas parents support arming teachers, poll says
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/31/santa-fe-texas-voters-gun-control-armed-teachers/

...Fifty-four percent of Texas parents who have children in public schools support arming teachers and other school officials, according to polling numbers from Quinnipiac University released Thursday.

Meanwhile, a plurality of registered voters — 49 percent — support stricter gun laws, according to the poll. That number is down from 55 percent who said they favored stricter gun laws in a Quinnipiac poll on April 19. Forty-five percent of voters oppose stricter gun laws — up from 41 percent in April, according to the poll....

[austingirl]

ABC13 June 23, 2018

A small group of open-carry gun advocacy and gun rights organizations held a rally Saturday in Santa Fe.

Those in attendance called on the school district to adopt policies that would allow teachers and staff to carry a weapon on school campuses.

The rally was presented by This is Texas Freedom Force and the pro-gun advocacy group Open Carry Texas.

Santa Fe ISD has yet to adopt a policy that would allow teachers to be armed. The state of Texas has left the decision up to local school boards.

More: http://abc13.com/local-groups-hold-pro-gun-rally-in-santa-fe/3644032/

Our rural district has armed teachers for years. There have been no incidents of negligence. Those trained in firearms safety aren't prone to leaving their guns in the bathroom.

[WingNot]

So more of them can be left in the bathrooms by the absent-minded or negligent?

You are so clueless.