Ohio Moves To Arm Teachers Via Fast-Track Firearms Training Program
Jon Dougherty June 3, 2022
In the wake of another tragic school shooting, Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine is set to sign legislation allowing teachers to be armed via a program that will fast-track their firearms training.
The legislation was passed in the wake of the massacre of 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas, in late May by an 18-year-old shooter who managed to elude the school district’s security measures, making it among the worse school shootings in the country’s history.
“I think it gets down to this: Do we want our kids to have a fighting chance in the event that the worst happens, right,” said one of the bill’s supporters, legislative affairs director for the Buckeye Firearms Association Rob Sexton, according to a report by KAMR. “And for us, we’d just like a school to be able to have that option. Allows local school districts to make their own decisions.”
The legislation would authorize teachers to carry firearms after minimal training.
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