Nebraska Lawmakers Pass Bill Allowing Rural School Districts to Arm Staff Members
“Some fear that, without the imminent presence of someone capable of confronting a school shooter in the event of an emergency, law enforcement could otherwise be 15 minutes – or further – away from these rural districts.”
I really don’t understand why this isn’t happening all over the country.
FOX News reports:
Nebraska lawmakers pass bill that would allow smaller school districts to arm staff members
Students in some of Nebraska’s smallest school districts could soon be protected by armed staff, thanks to one of over 100 bills passed by the state legislature last week.
The provision that would allow such staff to carry firearms in schools and at school-related events originally included all districts across the Cornhusker State, but now applies only to those with under 5,000 residents after opposition from some areas of the state led lawmakers to compromise.
“It doesn’t apply to all the schools. This was designed for the rural schools where they didn’t have a resource officer or law enforcement wasn’t readily available,” state Sen. Tom Brewer, who introduced the measure, said, according to a local report.
The measure would enable schools to either hire security or elect a specific member of the school to carry a weapon.
“It can be anyone from the superintendent to the janitor,” Brewer continued, according to the report. Regardless of the choice, those who are armed must undergo training.
Some fear that, without the imminent presence of someone capable of confronting a school shooter in the event of an emergency, law enforcement could otherwise be 15 minutes – or further – away from these rural districts.
It’s among several GOP-led states’ efforts to protect or expand gun rights or firearm safety instruction to protect students and staff, including two measures in Tennessee, one in Iowa and another in New Hampshire.
Despite opposition from some who speculate the expansion of gun rights and access could hinder rather than help safety efforts, these measures have charged ahead.
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I miss the days of gunracks in the pickups in the high school parking lots. I was discrete of course, and kept my groundhog gun in its case behind the seat.
The general rule, is that where you need to carry is the same as where you can’t carry.
this will then lead to leftists carrying them (teachers) and using that threat as reason to get pro trumpers to “change” their minds/parents minds and kowtow to the publicly school leftists religion
A 2019 study documented that since 2000, there had been 306 incidents in US schools where a gun was discharged. 193 people died and 267 were wounded or injured. In 20 states, teachers are allowed to carry guns. Of the schools that allow staff to carry, there had been 5 incidents. 2 were attempted student suicides, 1 was a successful student suicide, 1 was a shooting in a parking lot, and the final one was an accidental discharge in a restroom after hours. That teacher was fired. No teachers went nuts or on a shooting spree, and no one had a gun taken from them. In the 301 other instances, the staff was not allowed to carry.