Texas Senate Approves More Armed Teachers In Classrooms

By Tom Knighton

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While anti-gun activists decry the idea of armed teachers, the truth is that we’ve had them in various states for quite some time. Thus far, there’s never been an issue. There also haven’t been a lot of mass shootings at these schools either for some silly reason. Apparently, mass shooters prefer their prey to be unarmed.

Anyway, following the Santa Fe High School shooting last year, Texas recognized that what they needed were armed teachers. School resource officers were all fine and good, but more guns meant more safety for students. However, in the tense aftermath, they opted to limit the total number of so-called “school marshals.”

Now, the state Senate has voted to end that limit.

The Texas Senate moved Tuesday to abolish the cap on how many trained school teachers and support staff — known as school marshals — can carry guns on public school campuses, nearly an hour after the House voted to approve a separate and sweeping school safety bill.

Under the marshal program, school personnel, whose identities are kept secret from all but a few local officials, are trained to act as armed peace officers in the absence of law enforcement. …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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