California Wants To Prevent Legally Armed, Law-Abiding Teachers From Fighting Back

By Tom Knighton

We get that California isn’t generally a pro-gun state. It’s not Arizona or Kansas, for example. However, one thing they did that was somewhat pro-gun was allow school superintendents to grant teachers permission to carry firearms if they have a valid concealed carry permit.

Despite the law being in effect for a couple of years now, and despite zero problems as the result of armed teachers, there’s a bill in the state that seeks to take away that ability.

From America’s First Freedom:

One of the most egregious controls currently under consideration is Democrat Assemblyman Kevin McCarty’s AB 424. That measure would guarantee that law-abiding teachers cannot shoot back if under attack.

alifornia has nearly 1,000 school districts. State Democrats previously secured a law prohibiting teachers from being armed for self-defense except in districts where the superintendent grants permission for teachers with concealed-carry permits to carry at K-12 schools. The result? Five districts allow teachers and/or teachers and staff to be armed for self-defense, as long as those teachers and/or staff have a concealed-carry permit.

Have there been crimes committed by armed teachers? No.

Have there been crimes committed by armed staff members? No.

Yet McCarty wants to remove the exemption that gives superintendents …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms