Harrold School District Will Let Teachers Carry Guns

[Pappy]

FYI;

Harrold School District Will Let Teachers Carry Guns (http://www.texasguntalk.com/forums/gun-legislation/1932-harrold-school-district-will-let-teachers-carry-guns.html)

[MoneyTree]

It sounds like they have a workable plan . I like the teacher training aspect and think the idea is pretty well thought out over all . What kind of ammo would " minimize the risk of ricochet in school halls " ?

[Dimarini]

What kind of ammo would " minimize the risk of ricochet in school halls " ?

The type that remains in the bad guy. :D

[MoneyTree]

The type that remains in the bad guy. :DThat's exactly what Brenda just told me . I feel like a real :butthead:

[DuckRyder]

:appld:

It sounds like the Superintendent actually has common sense!!!

[dogdollar]

Yep, there's something fishy going on here.....this plan would actually enable the teachers to PROTECT our children and themselves........got to be something I'm missing.......
DD

[gottripletsNC]

There is a lot of new frangible ammunition out there now, and it works pretty good. The Glaser was one of the first marketable, and was ok, but there are others out there that are much better.

Extreme Shock is one, and it seems to work pretty good. It will penetrate the thin skin of a human, but then expands and basically turns to dust, if it hits a wall, it just turns to powder.

[skiking8515]

This is the kind of news I like to see as I'll be graduating this year and hopefully taking a teaching job somewheres in Pennsylvania. I wonder if it will spread?

[MoneyTree]

This is the kind of news I like to see as I'll be graduating this year and hopefully taking a teaching job somewheres in Pennsylvania. I wonder if it will spread? We can only hope . My eldest daughter quit being a teacher due to the atmosphere of our schools here in this part of Texas .

[wichaka]

Ever shoot frangible into gelatin for testing?

It doesn't work well, will shatter pretty much on contact. Not useful for anything but up close training.

[garrettwc]

+1 to Wichaka. The frangible stuff is pretty much a no-go. They market it as being used by Air Marshals and such because of the close confines in an airplane. That is pure baloney. Air Marshals (and pretty much everyone else should) rely on shot placement.

[ranburr]

What is interesting is that we are still teaching CHL students that schools are off limits for armed CHL holders. This was brought up in a local interview with the school super. Apparently, in TX and other states, you can petition to carry at schools. That is not a part of the law that the state openly talks about to anyone.

ranburr

[Tom]

I just heard about this on CNN this morning. Personally, I'm glad that this school district has taken this step. They obviously understand that the only way to prevent or shorten a tragedy like Columbine or Va Tech is to have people with guns already on the inside when a situation develops. Good for the students and citizens of Harrold.

[Soft Walker]

Once these examples are establiished and tested they can become models for other areas.

[twin oaks]

Once these examples are establiished and tested they can become models for other areas.
We can hope.

It may have been here, maybe elsewhere, but I read of a school up in the midwest (USA) that has ZERO problem with kids and guns. One of the reasons is that the school has a Trap and Skeet team. All the members of the team have their shotguns in their vehicles on school grounds. Apparently, educating the kids has worked.

[Swampfox]

This morning Fox news interviewed the super of the school district with the plan and one of another TX district that is adamently opposed.

The opposition's arguement is always that the risk of an authorized weapon hurting someone (even that of an armed commissioned security officer) is greater than the risk of injury from an "event".

I just don't get it.