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Stop the insanity !!!!
from Salon.com:
Teacher-arming hysteria grows
A Republican state lawmaker in Virginia is pushing for a bill to require some teachers to be armed
By Jillian Rayfield
UPDATE (Dec. 19, 12:57 p.m.): Virginia state Del. Bob Marshall, R, is now pushing for a bill that would require some teachers to be armed in schools, the Washington Post reports.
From the Post:
Marshall would not only allow staff with concealed handgun permits to carry them in schools, but require school districts to designate some staff members to do so. Those employees would have to be certified in gun safety and competence, Marshall said.
From earlier:
The latest high-profile Republican to say he is open to possibly allowing firearms on school grounds is Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, who said in the wake of the Newtown, Conn. school shootings that he thinks “that’s a reasonable discussion that ought to be had.”
McDonnell was asked about allowing “adults, supervisors, principals, teachers to be armed” in schools. He replied:
I know there has been a knee-jerk reaction against that, I think there should at least be a discussion of that. If people were armed, not just a police officer, but other school officials that were trained and chose to have a weapon, certainly there would have been an opportunity to stop aggressors trying to come into the school, so I think that’s a reasonable discussion that ought to be had.
McDonnell stipulated that there is currently a complete ban on guns within a thousand feet of schools, with the exception of law enforcement, and that he has been supportive of that. But “I think it’s a discussion that is probably timely,” he added. ................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.salon.com/2012/12/19/virginia_governor_jumps_on_the_arm_teachers_bandwagon/
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