Posted on 02/02/2014 6:55:39 PM PST by marktwain
ARGYLE — School board members voted unanimously a second time Wednesday to approve a controversial policy that will allow some teachers, administrators and other staff members to carry firearms on campus.
The new vote also authorizes some school board members to carry concealed guns at board meetings or on school property, a provision that was not spelled out in details provided by the school district after the previous vote. A copy of the policy was not posted until after board members voted on the policy last week.
Board President Kevin Faciane said the new vote was mostly “procedural in nature.”
The original agenda item posted for the board’s Jan. 21 vote contained an error in wording that had raised questions about whether the policy could be legally challenged. While the board felt its initial vote was valid, trustees also felt it was “prudent to eliminate any concern,” he said.
“Procedurally, there were some issues brought up about how the agenda item was listed,” Faciane said.
The new policy will go into effect immediately, Superintendent Telena Wright said. Signs warning visitors that some district staff would be armed and authorized to use force to protect students could be posted at district facilities as early as this week, she said.
Only one person attended the meeting to speak on the policy. Justin Davis, an Argyle father of four young children who owns a gun-training business, told trustees he supported the policy and offered firearms training to the district at no charge. He said he is co-owner of Consolidated Training Group, which according to its website has ranges in Weatherford, Argyle and Fort Worth.
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/johnny
Agreed. I'm not suggesting different standards for concealed carry for government employees. I'm suggesting different standards for concealed carry for employees in a school workplace environment.
What those teachers do outside of the school environment should be treated the same as everyone else.
If it’s legal for a school to ban guns outright, then it certainly should be legal for them to set standards on which employees can carry them.
If the student carries concealed, then the time from visibility of the student's weapon to stopping an attacker might be five to ten seconds. If the student has to race to a car and return to the scene of the attack ( a questionable judgement call) it might be two minutes or more of visibility of the student's weapon.
The chances of the helpful student being mistaken for an unlawful attacker probably increases in proportion to the amount of time one is visibly armed. Having to run to the car and back might increase the chances of the student being killed by responding law enforcement by a factor of ten or more.
Concealed carry is much better than "car carry". And if law enforcement takes ten minutes to arrive, either is much better than "no carry".
“Concealed carry is much better than “car carry”. And if law enforcement takes ten minutes to arrive, either is much better than “no carry”.”
The law as passed in May, 2013, allows car carry. It is what it is. I wouldn’t be surprised if another law is passed in the next session which starts next year, 2015.
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