Teachers get preliminary OK to carry weapons

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Salt Lake Tribune

Teachers get preliminary OK to carry weapons


The Jordan School Board gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a policy outlining the conditions under which district employees may carry a concealed weapon on school property with a valid permit.
Employees must keep the weapon concealed and employees who legally use a concealed weapon on school grounds do so in their individual capacities, not their scope of employment.
The Jordan board will formally vote on the policy at its July 16 meeting.
Both policies are in response to a law passed during the 2003 legislative session, Senate Bill 108, that harmonized conflicting parts of state code. One section allowed concealed weapons on school campuses, while another prohibited it.
Also Tuesday, the board agreed to consider a policy that would not allow student travel overseas, to Canada or to Mexico unless a principal can demonstrate "the absolute necessity of the travel and that all appropriate safety considerations have been addressed."
"I would hate to see students lose an opportunity because the policy is so rigid," said David Stoddard, the district's administrator who wrote the policy.
The travel policy also will be up for a formal vote at the July 16 meeting
 
If this would happen in more schools, there is a good bet that there will not be another Columbine type shooting.
 
That is AWESOME! I would carry in my school in a minute if they passed that in Texas. We've had to go to lockdown more than once and the last time it was because an armed gunman was in the neighborhood. Just a couple months ago someone was murdered a few blocks away in broad daylight while I was up at the school. Obviously it's not in the best neighborhood. I can only dream of such 2nd ammendment freedom for now though.

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I believe teachers should be allowed to carry if they have a concealed permit. They have a right to defend themselves just like anyone else. Police only have a legal duty to help the government, not individual citizens, and can't be sued by individuals for not responding to their pleas, so we should be allowed to personally protect ourselves. In most of the news I've seen where there's a school shooting, the gunman has a long history of getting in trouble and shouldn't have had a gun in the first place. They found some way to have a gun. So at least the law abiding teachers should be allowed the opportunity to protect themselves from these individuals.

The other day I was talking with a guy who critized some guy on TV who said teachers should be allowed guns if they have a permit. The guy I was talking with said it's not wise to allow teachers with permits to have a gun, because the students could all gang up on the teacher and take the gun away. :rolleyes: The thing is, you're not supposed to pull it out and point it at someone unless you're in "immediate" danger of death or grave bodily ham. If the teacher is going to die anyway, at least he/she should be given the right to at least give up a fight.
 
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