CA School District Votes To Allow Teachers To Carry Firearms

By James England

FRESNO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA — The Kingsburg Joint Union High School District has voted unanimously to allow select members of the district’s faculty and administration to carry concealed on school campus. Rather than in reaction to some recent tragedy, this was seen as a proactive solution to a potential future problem.

Citing recent examples where teachers and students were left defenseless until police arrived, Kingsburg police Chief Neil Dadian said he was very much in favor of the new measure.

via Star-Telegram

“Imagine if one of those teachers was also armed. They could have stopped that. … The loss of life would’ve been much less,” Kingsburg police Chief Neil Dadian said Monday. “My opinion? If a staff member wants to put themselves at risk like that, I’m all for it. I think what they’re doing is everything they possibly can to protect their students, and God bless them for that.”

While the board’s decision was unanimous, some guardians of children attending the school expressed disappointment in the decision.

“Now we’re going to add something else for teachers to think about? Shooting people, really?” [one grandmother] said. “That’s a difficult thing for a police officer to do who’s been trained to do this, and …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation