A group of male students at Driver Elementary School were suspended by Suffolk Public Schools officials for pointing pencils at each other and making shooting noises.
Continue reading...Legislative efforts to allow armed teachers have had mixed results.
Continue reading...A National Rifle Association (NRA) task force has issued a report, in response to the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting, recommending the creation of programs that give additional weapons training to school resource officers as well as “selected and designated school personnel” who could then carry arms.
Continue reading...A local news affiliate, WZZM13.com, reports that members of the board of the Rockford Public Schools has approved a new “weapons-free school zone” policy for the district, which would prohibit any unauthorized firearms on campuses.
Continue reading...According to an Associated Press report, South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard signed a bill allowing the state’s school districts to arm teachers and other personnel with guns.
Continue reading...According to the Associated Press as reported in the Times-Picayune, in the community’s lone school in Harrold, Texas, some of the teachers are carrying concealed weapons.
Continue reading...NPR’s “All Things Considered” discussion of the Connecticut school shooting looked at the state of security in schools and the call by some school officials for armed police officers on campus.
Continue reading...According to an Associated Press report in The Oregonian, Oregon State Representative Dennis Richardson believes the Connecticut school shooting is another “heartbreaking failure” of school personnel to ensure protection, and is a reminder that teachers should be allowed to carry guns in the classroom.
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