Teachers With Guns

[Athena]

A small school district in Texas voted unanimously to allow teachers to carry guns to school. They will have to have a concealed carry license on top of crisis training and specific permission from the school. However, the superintendent, David Thweatt, says the move is simply, "common sense". Thweatt says, "We have a lock-down situation, we have cameras, but the question we had to answer is, 'What if somebody gets in? What are we going to do?"

Personally, this is an idea I've always supported. There are countless examples of legal, licensed gun owners thwarting a would-be shooter. Metal detectors, fences and unarmed guards clearly do not prevent these incidents. Death tolls have continued to rise in cases of school shootings.

It'll be interesting to see if any problems are caused by armed teachers. With this decision being the first of its kind in America, it will be very intregral in encouraging or discouraging other districts to adopt similar policies.

Had to know something like this would come out of Texas, though. :p