Pakistan Arms Teachers to Protect Schools

By Dean Weingarten

By Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)-
The Khyber Pakhtunkhua provincial government of Pakistan has its taken steps to make its schools harder targets for terrorists. In December of 2014, it suffered the worst terrorist attack in the nation’s history when seven foreign naitonals attacked the Army Public School in Peshawar, the provincial capital. The seven terrorists killed 141 people, 132 of them school children. The attack may have been modelled after the Beslan school attack in 2004. The Government of Kyber Pakhtunkhua has had a different response than the Russian one. The Kyber government has authorized its teachers and other employees to carry guns. An editorial writer in Pakistan disagrees with that decision. From dailytimes.com.pk:

The Khyber Pakhtunkhua government after the APS attack decided to allow employs of all educational institution including teachers to carry licensed arms on the premises to respond in cases of terrorist attack. Carrying guns remained common after Charsadda attack. Although self-defense is crucial, at a larger sense its state responsibility unharming its institutions and citizens. With regard to education institutions, the respective administration should have a tight security management instead …Read the Rest

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