Georgia School System Will Allow Select Employees To Carry
By Tom Knighton
When we talk about arming teachers and other school staff, no one is talking about them being de facto police or anything else. Instead, we’re simply talking about them being an armed citizen in the right place at the wrong time, if you catch my meaning. Frankly, many of us figure the potentiality of armed teachers may dissuade would-be school shooters from picking that as a viable target for their atrocities.
Unfortunately, many states are hesitant to embrace this concept.
In my own state of Georgia, one school system has stepped up and agreed that it’s probably a good idea to allow certain staff members to be armed.
A Georgia school system has decided to allow its employees to carry guns.
The Laurens County school board has approved a policy allowing select staff to carry guns on school property, in vehicles and at school functions, The Telegraph reported .
Laurens County Schools is believed to be the state’s only district to go forward with such a policy, said Justin Pauly of the Georgia School Boards Association.
Teachers and staff who carry guns will do so on a voluntary basis and receive intensive training, Laurens County Schools Superintendent Dan Brigman said. He says the …Read the Rest
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