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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jun 2, 2022, 06:34 PM Jun 2022

Some teachers 'terrified' over new bill allowing educators to carry guns in school [View all]

Teachers in Ohio are frustrated after lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that would allow them and other school staff to carry guns in school safety zones, with little training.

The bill overrules an Ohio Supreme Court decision from last year that required teachers to receive gun training equivalent to the training police officers receive. If signed into law by the governor, it would create a minimum training commitment of 24 hours for teachers who voluntarily choose to carry guns in schools.

"I think that the idea to arm teachers is a way for lawmakers to pass the buck on much bigger issues," Tate Moore, a seventh-grade English teacher in Ohio, told ABC News.

Moore said he is worried about the "unintended consequences" of teachers carrying guns in schools, saying something bad could happen.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/some-teachers-terrified-over-new-bill-allowing-educators-to-carry-guns-in-school/ar-AAY0XpD

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