John Lott's Website: "Sheriff Asks State To Place Guns In Schools"

4/20/2007

A local sheriff has asked state officials to press for legislation that would place guns in schools. Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones sent letters Thursday to Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and State Rep. Courtney Combs calling for mandatory armed personnel in all public and private Ohio schools.

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2 Comments:

Mike said...: It's a start. But a token armed guard on duty in a school essentially becomes an attacker's first target. This has, in fact, already happened, if memory serves, at an Indian school in the midwest.

It would be far better to allow properly trained, qualified school staff to carry carefully concealed weapons and to publicize the fact that school personnel are well trained and carrying, but never to reveal their identies, numbers or places of employment. An armed guard is certainly better than nothing, but an unnecessary expense if concealed carry, which costs nothing whatever for schools (any teacher with a concealed carry permit would be part of a ready pool) is implemented.; 4/21/2007 10:02 PM
Jon Shell said...: As a junior high teacher, and as a parent of 4, I would like to be able to carry concealed, legally, at my school. 3 of my own are in the building I teach in. It simply makes sense, since I've had training, and in addition, sucessfully competed in IDPA matches.; 4/21/2007 11:18 PM