By Jennifer Kabbany
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary
School massacre’s carnage, a variety of high-profile professionals across
America – including a sheriff, attorney general, city councilman, county
prosecutor and state lawmaker – are calling for teachers or other school
employees to be armed in the classroom.
Recently at Sandy Hook Elementary in
Newtown, Conn., 26 people were shot and killed, including 20 young children, by
a gun-wielding, mentally instable 20-year-old man. It was the latest in a long
list of fatal school shootings that have occurred over the last 15 years.
Now, while some call for stricter
gun-control, others say it’s time for teachers to pack heat.
Breitbart.com reports that a Tennessee
proposal “would specifically allow the state to pay for training and arming
some teachers, who would then secretly possess a firearm in the classroom. The
plan was introduced by a Republican in the Republican-controlled state
legislature and has received some support from the Tennessee governor, Bill
Haslam (R).”
Meanwhile, the…
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