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littlemissmartypants

(25,483 posts)
Sun Mar 10, 2019, 09:47 AM Mar 2019

NC teachers who carry guns in schools would get pay raises under new bill

NC teachers who carry guns in schools would get pay raises under new bill

BY T. KEUNG HUI

MARCH 06, 2019 02:38 PM,

UPDATED MARCH 07, 2019 11:06 AM

RALEIGH
There’s a new push to allow North Carolina teachers to carry guns in school that some state lawmakers think has a chance of being approved this year.

The School Security Act of 2019, filed Wednesday, would boost the salaries of teachers who underwent specialized police training to carry firearms on campus. The same bill was filed last year and died in committee, but Sen. Jerry Tillman, one of the new sponsors of Senate Bill 192, said that the climate has changed to give the legislation more support this year.

“This is an idea whose time has come,” said Tillman, the Senate majority whip and a Republican from Randolph County. “With the heightened awareness of the legislature, I believe this bill will see success.”

The bill’s two other primary sponsors are Republican senators Ralph Hise and Warren Daniel.

More, including video, at the link.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article227180999.html

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NC teachers who carry guns in schools would get pay raises under new bill (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 OP
to pay the lawsuits..? samnsara Mar 2019 #1
Very good point, samnsara. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #3
Would the teacher need his/her own liability insurance? keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #2
Add to this the idea that- digonswine Mar 2019 #4

keithbvadu2

(40,100 posts)
2. Would the teacher need his/her own liability insurance?
Sun Mar 10, 2019, 11:14 AM
Mar 2019

Armed teacher on the move looking for the shooter.

Police come in ready for action.

See armed person.

Just what they are looking for.

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Would the teacher need his/her own liability insurance?

That might eat up the pay raise.

https://tinyurl.com/yy2dnolt

One roadblock to arming teachers: Insurance companies


digonswine

(1,486 posts)
4. Add to this the idea that-
Sun Mar 10, 2019, 11:45 AM
Mar 2019

The primary goal of a teacher in an emergency is to lead the kids out of the school(almost always). How am I to do this if I am also looking to take out a shooter? Total lunacy. And there is no way that students would not know who has the gun.

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