A Missouri School Trains Its Teachers to Carry Guns, and Most Parents Approve

[Kj89]

It's about time. BTW they are carrying in crossbreed holsters if anyone wanted to know.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/us...anted=all&_r=0

[rowabi]

That would be a welcome trend...

[texcowboy]

It only makes sense.

[LightSaber]

Gives new meaning to the "Show Me" state.

[Kj89]

Exactly, the article states it would take the sheriff's department 9 minutes at the quickest, a lot of things can happen in those 9 minutes. Now the school can potentially contain/neutralize a threat within seconds and it's not like they just handed the administration firearms, they completed a 40 hour training course along with a background check.

[LightSaber]

40 hour training corse taught by local SWAT team members, background check, drug test and mental evaluation. Repeat annually. Great program to assure school safety.

[barstoolguru]

“You put your pants on, you put your belt on, that’s just what you do,” the employee said on the condition of anonymity. “Nothing awkward about it at all. I’ve been hugged many times before and since, and it’s never been any kind of an issue or question.”

as normal as apple pie at christmas

[NName591]

9 minutes...That's an eternity.

And that's if there's not other things going on elsewhere. It's not uncommon for diversionary stuff to go on at the same time authored by the same group.