Armed Teachers

The Tennessee Senate passed legislation Tuesday which would allow teachers with concealed carry permits to undergo more training then carry guns on their K-12 campuses for classroom defense.

During his Wednesday town hall on CNN, former President Donald Trump told moderator Kaitlan Collins that the U.S. needs a strong focus on mental health and hardening schools, not gun control.

The Texas House passed a bill last week that would pay an extra $25,000 to K-12 teachers who get training and carry a gun during school hours for classroom defense.

While various leftists continue to fight against allowing teachers to be armed for classroom defense, John R. Lott, Jr. reports there has never been a shooting during a school day in a school where teachers are armed.

Republicans on the Tennessee House Education Administration Committee voted Wednesday to advance legislation allowing armed teachers for classroom defense in response to the March 27 shooting at a Christian school.

Breitbart News spoke with Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) over the weekend about the Nashville Christian school shooting and he stressed his conviction that it is time to allow teachers and staff to be armed and to make sure would-be attackers know the teachers and staff are ready to shoot back. 

Contractor Kevin Thomas responded to the May 24, 2022, Uvalde mass shooting by designing and building small bulletproof rooms that can be placed inside classrooms to give students protection in case of attack. 

The Mississippi Board of Education voted last week to remove a 30-year-old policy barring school teachers and staff from being armed for classroom defense on K-12 campuses.

An Ohio law that gives schools the option to allow teachers to be armed in the classroom in time for the coming school year is “batshit crazy.”

Gov. Mike DeWine (R) signed legislation Monday to allow school staff and teachers to be armed for classroom defense.

President Biden told attendees at a Democrat fundraiser that one of the reasons he opposes armed teachers is because it is not easy to “blow someone’s brains out,” FOX News reported.

A poll conducted by NPR/PBS News Hour/Marist found that 92 percent of Democrat voters consider it “more important to control gun violence”  than “to protect gun rights.”

During his Friday night monologue, HBO’s Bill Maher made clear that the Uvalde school attacker’s advantage was not the type of gun he used but the amount of time he had to use it. 

Ohio school personnel could be armed in the fall 2022 semester in light of legislation Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is expected to sign soon.

If this horrendous week has taught us anything it is that we are past due for a discussion on keeping schools and students safe.

Jacob Albarado, the off-duty Border Patrol agent who rushed into Robb Elementary School during Tuesday’s attack to save his daughter, says teachers should be trained and armed for classroom defense.

On Wednesday Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) used a tweet to say that school security, “at a minimum,” should include “certified, armed teachers.”

San Antonio-area La Vernia Independent School District voted this week to allow armed teachers for classroom defense under Texas’s Guardian program.

Democrats and their surrogates in Mike Bloomberg-affiliated groups united Wednesday in calls for gun control barely 24-hours  after Michigan’s Oxford High shooting.

Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden’s gun control policy statement includes a push to prohibit the use of any federal funds to train teachers in firearm usage for classroom defense.

Beginning March 16, 2020, teachers in Texas’ Santa Fe Independent School District will be able to carry guns on their persons as part of the state’s Guardian Plan.

Oklahoma State Sen. David Bullard (R-Durant) and State Rep. Sean Roberts (R-Hominy) are pushing legislation to streamline arming teachers for classroom defense.

Some teachers in the state of Florida are allowed to carry concealed handguns throughout their day beginning October 1, 2019.

Firearm laws in Texas changed September 1, 2019, to benefit law-abiding citizens using guns for self-defense.

Over 30 armed teachers gathered in Spanish Fork, Utah, for police training in locating and taking out active shooters.

Democrat presidential hopeful Eric Swalwell (D) used a Thursday morning tweet to push prosecution for those who defy his proposed AR-15 ban.

During a Monday speech near NRA headquarters Democrat presidential hopeful Eric Swalwell (D-CA) pushed a federal ban on armed teachers.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed legislation removing the cap on the number of armed teachers allowed in each of the state’s school districts.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed legislation Wednesday that will allow teachers to be armed for classroom defense.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) criticized the idea of arming teachers and instead pushed more gun laws as the solution to attacks on schools.

The Florida House voted Tuesday in support of legislation allowing districts to arm teachers, thereby sending the bill to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) desk.

Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) filed legislation to ensure that President Trump cannot use federal grant money to arm teachers for classroom defense.

The Florida Senate passed legislation on Monday that will allow teachers to be armed to shoot back if their classroom comes under attack.

Gabby Giffords’ gun control group’s study intended to show the danger of armed teachers includes dozens of incidents where guns literally did nothing to anybody.

North Carolina Sens. Jerry Tillman (R), Ralph Hise (R), and Warren Daniel (R), are pushing legislation to implement salary increases for teachers who undergo the training necessary to be armed on campus.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) is fighting to ensure federal money cannot be used to arm teachers for self-defense or train armed teachers for classroom defense.