Armed Teacher Pilot Program to Provide Free Training to Educators - [Buckeye Firearms Assoc.]

Buckeye Firearms Association ^ | 12-20-2012 | Unknown to me

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DELAWARE, OH - Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) announced they have launched a pilot program to provide firearm training to teachers free of charge.

The announcement was made at a Town Hall Meeting at Ohio State University Thursday evening where participants debated the gun control issue in light of the recent mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.

Ken Hanson, BFA's Legal Chair, made the announcement, saying, "Teachers and school board members have been asking us for years about training to prepare for an incident like Sandy Hook. So our educational Foundation will sponsor an Armed Teacher Pilot Program for a comprehensive 3-day training class at Tactical Defense Institute in West Union, Ohio. Based on the response to this pilot program, we will roll out classes to other training facilities."

The program will begin by accepting 24 teachers. All expenses, including class tuition, ammunition, and lodging (which are expected to total approximately $1,000 per teacher), will be paid by Buckeye Firearms Foundation and outside donations. Officials will be invited to attend the class at no cost to help develop appropriate training guidelines.

"The long-term goal is to develop a standard Armed Teacher curriculum and make the training available to any teacher or school official," said Hanson. "To begin, we will use funds from our educational foundation and solicit donations from corporations to pay for the pilot program. Going forward, we will seek funding from a variety of sources to expand the program."

BFA's educational foundation is finalizing details of the Armed Teacher Pilot Program and will announce the first class in early January. Interested educators can submit their name for consideration by using the Contact Form at www.BuckeyeFirearms.org. Identities of participants will be kept strictly confidential.

[Alaska Wolf]

I’ve had Wolfies since 1988...Maggie, Maire, Enya, Siobhan, Medbh, Fiona, Ruari, Clare and Aife.

We purchased our first Wolfhound, Bonnie in 1977 after a wolf attacked our 2 Irish Setters, killing one and severely wounding the other. The only creatures she feared were moose. She chased black and grizzly bears from our yard.

Our second was a rescue, Boshaylah, that we got in 1986. Both ours were fawn color, Bonnie being close to white. Both slept in the middle of the bed and they loved to travel. I took them with me wherever I went, including work.

Are any of yours related to one another? What colors are they?

[Windflier]

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This is a good stop-gap kind of thing, but I think the teacher is already a state employee and part of the state teachers retirement system and licensed by the state to teach.

They should also be required to be law officers and certification in relevant portions of that required in their quest for a teaching license.

[Dead Corpse]

We have a surprising number of NRA and .mil stickers on vehicles in our Staff parking lot. I could see maybe five or six Teachers and a few more support Staff being willing to do something like this.

Better than having ONE Sheriff Deputy as a "resource officer" to float between buildings. He's a nice guy, but he's only one for almost 4000 Staff and Students.