A bill to provide state-funded firearm training to teachers has advanced out of the Indiana House.
The bill would provide free and voluntary firearm training to teachers who wish to be armed while in the classroom. State law already allows teachers to have a gun on school grounds as long as they have permission from their school board.
“When an active shooter decides to go into a soft target, a gun-free zone, and start taking out unarmed people, and when that first 911 call goes out and they are minutes away, seconds count in those situations,” said the bill’s sponsor State Rep. Jim Lucas (R-Seymour).
Democrats, like State Rep Tonya Pfaff of Terre Haute, have their worries about it.
“I worry about students overpowering their teacher and taking their weapon,” she said. “I worry about students stealing guns that are in desks. In my classroom, neither my desk nor my filing cabinet has a lock on it.”
The bill advanced 71-24 out of the Indiana House on Tuesday and is now up for consideration in the State Senate.
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With how some of these kids have been acting in classrooms nationwide, this could be a really bad idea! If they know their teacher has a gun, it could present a problem. Why not just allow veterans ane retired officers to stand post at schools? Thats a free resource mant of us would gladly do. Our oath never ends!
“I worry about students stealing guns that are in desks. In my classroom, neither my desk nor my filing cabinet has a lock on it.”
As if the guns will be kept in unlocked desk drawers. The Democrats are grasping at straws here, and everyone knows it! This bill will save lives.
RH, not every teacher will be armed. The students will not have good odds when they select their target. Honestly though, wouldn’t the real solution for that be to expel the problem students? Call me harsh, but I remember those kids from my time in school. They didn’t learn anything, and they made the environment toxic for the rest of us. Kick them out!