Virginia State Delegate: Some School Staff Should Carry Guns
In response to the shootings at a school in Connecticut, state Del. Bob Marshall has a proposal to arm some teachers.
Lawmakers nationwide are discussing the possibility of enacting tighter gun control laws after the recent shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. But in Virginia, one local legislator has proposed that some school staff be required to bear arms. Del. Bob Marshall, R-Manassas, has proposed a bill that would require schools to have some staff, certified in gun safety and competence, carry concealed weapons, according to The Washington Post. His proposal comes on the heels of Gov. Bob McDonnell's comments on WTOP that the state should consider allowing teachers to carry weapons in schools. Marshall's proposal takes the idea a step farther, ordering schools to arm some staff members. Gun control and schools are very much on …
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rbud
6:15 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012
ABSOLUTELY NOT! Teachers are teachers, not police. Any armed personnel in schools should be police trained and specially trained for discipline and crime in schools. If I were to discover that a teacher was carrying a gun my kids would be out of that school in a heartbeat. The last thing we need is teachers, who are already stressed, loosing their tempers and shooting an unruly student in the … more ›