It’s only been two days, but it’s awfully quiet in the Harrold, Texas school district where certain teachers are now allowed to carry guns in class. Before teachers can bring weapons to school, they must be approved by the school board based on their personalities and reaction to a crisis, must have training required for a state concealed weapons license, and must be trained to handle crisis intervention and hostage situations.
It was almost two years ago that Wisconsin Assemblyman Frank Lasee made national news for his proposal to let teachers in Wisconsin bring guns to class. Many people develop a knee-jerk reaction when they first hear this idea. I don’t dismiss it outright.
An advocate of conceal-carry, I can understand why some teachers, with the proper training, would want to, and should be able to have a weapon on hand for protection. In practically every school in America, if an armed individual gets inside, there’s virtually no one who can stop that person.
