In several cases, boards of education have been pressed into adopting the policy by parents concerned about school shootings in the wake of the 2012 shooting at a school in Newtown, Conn. While an exact number of Buckeye State districts now allowing teachers to have guns in the classroom is not known, there are at least 40, according to Joe Eaton, director of FASTERsaveslives.org, a program affiliated with the Buckeye Firearms Foundation which sponsors training for teachers from the school districts,,
“The sad thing is that time is these situations in the most important factor,” Eaton said, “and waiting for outside help is just not a viable solution anymore.”
Teachers who recently took part in the program were taught not only about gun safety and use, but were taught paramedic skills and how to react to active shooter situations, according to WKRC in Cincinnati. Teachers and administrators trained side-by-side with local cops and paramedics at the Tactical Defense Institute in West Union, located in Adams County.
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4 comments:
Yes!! Maybe it's time to move to Ohio.
I thought that teachers were a bunch of over paid liberals idiots from what I've read on this blog. Hmmm, let's give them guns. Great idea.
that is truly scary.
I totally understand why teachers feel the need to carry a gun, but I'm not sure it's a good idea without continuous training. Remember the video of the teacher being intimidated a few weeks back? I think the punk looming over her would take the gun and shoot her with it.
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