Chicago Teachers Taking Free Concealed Carry Classes

By Tom Knighton

When we think of anti-gun cities, Chicago sits right in our Top Five list. However, since the Supreme Court’s decision in McDonald v Chicago, the city has been far more open to guns than some of us would like to think.

Oh, don’t get me wrong. It’s far from a pro-gun city by any stretch of the imagination. However, you actually can have a gun there, which is a major step forward.

I wonder if that, coupled with brutal attacks like Parkland, is why so many teachers are taking advantage of free concealed carry courses.

Local teachers are taking gun safety training into their own hands.

Recent school shootings are making more and more people in the classroom on edge and one Crystal Lake gun range decided to do something about it, offering training for school employees – free of charge.

Brian Pacheco says he’s spending two days of his spring break at “On Target” gun range, learning the rules of gun safety and gun shooting. He’s part of a pilot program that lets school employees learn the ropes of gun ownership for free, and it started after a continued call to arm teachers in schools after shootings in …Read the Rest

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