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- % Of Americans In Support Of Arming Teachers 40%
- % Of Students Age 13-15 Who Worry About Becoming A Mass Shooting Victim 35%
- % Of Students Age 16-17 Who Worry About Becoming A Mass Shooting Victim 33%
- % Of Students Age 18-24 Who Worry About Becoming A Mass Shooting Victim 26%
Can school districts simply decide to allow teachers to possess guns on school grounds? In almost half the country, yes. But the legal arithmetic across the United State is very inconsistent. Broadly, federal law prohibits firearms within 1,000 feet of a school zone. But the Gun-Free School Zones Act, passed in 1990, does not apply to adults with concealed carry permits.
Many states have opted to pass laws prohibiting concealed carry in schools, but at least 10 states allow it, according to a report by the Education Commission of the States and current data from the Giffords Law Center:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Michigan
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- Oregon
- Rhode Island
- South Dakota
- Utah’
- Wyoming
Pennsylvania law does not expressly allow concealed carry in public schools, but it offers a defense for a weapon “used in conjunction with a lawful supervised school activity or course or is possessed for other lawful purpose.” Presumably, a policy such as the one enacted by the Tamaqua Area School Board falls within this category.
These 8 states have policies that specifically allow school employees — other than security personnel, which are allowed to carry guns in 28 states — to carry guns on school property, though they may need the district’s permission:
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Missouri
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Wyoming
You can now Add Florida to this list, which created a $67 million “school marshal” program in February to arm teachers in classrooms, in response to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
The list grows when you consider states that grant school districts power to make their own decisions and do not limit the allowance to school employees. Nearly 25 states’ policies allow schools or districts to give permission to “individuals” to carry guns:
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Nevada
- Ohio
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Texas
- New Jersey
- New York
- Utah
- Vermont
- West Virginia
Source: Kayla Dwyer / Reporter Of The Morning Call
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