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Ohio School District OK's Concealed Carry for Teachers
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| Jul. 11, 2013
| Zenon Evans
Posted on 07/12/2013 2:37:27 PM PDT by neverdem
Credit: wiz722
A school district in Ohio has opened the opportunity for teachers and staff members to carry a firearm on school grounds. The new policy was announced by the Newcomerstown Exempted Village School District earlier this month and will be implemented beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year.
Previously the school district's bylaws and policies strictly prohibited the presence of any type of weapon on school grounds, but a group of parents rallied to make serious changes, writes the Times Reporter. Paying attention to statistical trends, the Parent Safety Committee pointed to a report which concluded that "with a single exception, every multiple-victim public shooting in the U.S. in which more than three people have been killed since at least 1950 has taken place where citizens are not allowed to carry their own firearms."
The Newcomerstown Board of Education took note.
This is a discussion weve had for a long time. Weve been very transparent. We want to keep our students safe, said Jeff Staggs, the Newcomerstown superintendent. With his approval as well as that of the board, teachers and staff who have a concealed carry permit as well as proper training will be eligible.
According to the Times Reporter, Active Shooter Training was coordinated with the Ohio Attorney General. Ensuring that extensive and varied training took place, teachers and staff in the district who opted into the program also received training from the Tuscarawas County sheriff, the Newcomerstown police chief, and the Buckeye Firearm Association.
According to the Newcomerstown Times, the school district began improving its security system following the 2012 school shooting at Sandy Hook. The schools are not making firearms its first or only line of defense, though. In order to protect students and staff, Newcomerstown has set in place several mechanisms:
buzzer systems have been installed in all district buildings and school safety procedures have been revamped; the district is using the NaviGate program, technology that assists first responders dealing with emergencies at area schools.
Board President Jerry Lahmers said that common sense measures have been taken regarding sensitive information about the policy, such as the number of teachers who will be armed. "Our school safety plan is not public record for obvious reasons. We also want to protect the safety of the individuals [carrying guns], so that they don't become targets, if such a situation does occur. We hope that this policy will act as a deterrent. The policy is intended to provide that extra last margin of safety." The school district has approximately 1,300 students spread across two elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: banglist; concealedcarry; guncontrol; ohio; secondamendment
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Liberal heads will explode!
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posted on
07/12/2013 2:37:28 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
I sure hope this thinking spreads and I mean spreads fast!
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posted on
07/12/2013 4:58:51 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(AGENDA: Grinding America Down ----- http://vimeo.com/63749370)
To: neverdem; ADemocratNoMore; Akron Al; arbee4bush; agrace; ATOMIC_PUNK; Badeye; Bikers4Bush; ...
Ohio Ping!To be added to the Ohio Ping List, please freepmail,
(the two of us) , Whenifhow, and LasVegasDave
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posted on
07/13/2013 2:08:44 AM PDT
by
Las Vegas Dave
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.{TaglineUsed w/SunkenCiv's permission.})
To: Las Vegas Dave; ADemocratNoMore; advertising guy; aft_lizard; AJMaXx; Alice in Wonderland; ...
Of possible interest to the ping lists.
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posted on
07/13/2013 2:12:14 AM PDT
by
Las Vegas Dave
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.{TaglineUsed w/SunkenCiv's permission.})
To: neverdem
Comrade Chairman Obumble pulling an “Executive Order” response out of his arse in 5 4 3 2...
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posted on
07/13/2013 6:33:06 AM PDT
by
TArcher
("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)
To: Las Vegas Dave; mylife; smokingfrog; carriage_hill
To: Clint N. Suhks
Despite what people think of Ohio, it is a Republic.
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posted on
07/13/2013 6:54:13 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: neverdem
I’m glad this is happening. Personally, I think we’d see very few attacks period, involving a gun or not, if the potential attackers knew they would be facing multiple armed people during their activities.
All these folks who supposedly want to die, go out in a hail of furry, sure don’t seem to feel that way once they’ve killed off twenty to thirty people.
Lets see how brave they are when they know they’ll be mowed down in the process.
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posted on
07/13/2013 6:56:14 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Breaking News: Hillary not running in 2016. Brain tumor found during recent colonoscopy...)
To: Clint N. Suhks
When I grew up there kids had 22 rifles and shotguns in their cars at school.
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posted on
07/13/2013 6:57:01 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: Clint N. Suhks
You know?
There was a time when Ohio was the great frontier.
But it was also the ambition and holding of Connecticut.
The Connecticut Western Reserve.
I hate the Connecticut connection.
To close to England for me.
I would rather mingle with the Indians on the frontier.
Good on Ohio for holding to the roots of the frontier.
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posted on
07/13/2013 7:07:31 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: Clint N. Suhks
You know what separates Ohio from the Yankees?
The Appalachians.
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posted on
07/13/2013 7:09:05 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: mylife
In rural Alaska, guns have always been kept behind the office door; teachers have the key to office. Reason? Come every May, the grizzly bear stroll up and down the road, walk through the village like they own the place, and are hungry as can be. You should see how a 2 year old bear looks kids over on the playground. Everybody thinks it’s quite prudent to have a 338 win mag behind the office door, and anybody who said different would be run outta town on a rail or worse, no joke, that’s reality.
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posted on
07/13/2013 7:18:20 AM PDT
by
Eska
To: Eska
I like the way yall think.
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posted on
07/13/2013 7:24:36 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: mylife; Clint N. Suhks
It’s only 4 schools, but it’s a start.
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posted on
07/13/2013 8:37:01 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Clint N. Suhks
Common sense in any school and especially in an entire district, these days, is truly amazing! Lib-dem heads are exploding. Heh.
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posted on
07/13/2013 8:40:26 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(Guns kill people, pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk & spoons make you fat.)
To: smokingfrog
It aint Texas, but I vow to take Ohio back.
Tippecanoe and Tyler too!
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posted on
07/13/2013 8:42:53 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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posted on
07/13/2013 8:49:58 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
07/13/2013 9:03:16 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: mylife; Clint N. Suhks
In HS 1963-1967, we had a Rifle Team at the school, and would bring our 22s (my 1958 Mossberg 144LS; still have it), ammo, mags, cleaning kits, box of cotton for earplugs etc to school, and keep them in our hall lockers, under combination lock. The range was below the football field. Other students who had pick-ups, kept shotguns, deer rifles etc in the back window rack. No biggie, back then. I don’t ever remember a school shooting in the 60s, except for Whitman in Texas Tower massacre.
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posted on
07/13/2013 9:05:56 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(Guns kill people, pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk & spoons make you fat.)
To: carriage_hill
Yeah well that Tx A&M guy was a one off nut.
When I moved to Tx everybody had a rifle and a shotgun in the cab of the truck and bass boat on a trailer.
No Mas
All that stuff is legal but frowned upon now.
Where has my country gone?
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posted on
07/13/2013 9:15:36 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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