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Lawmaker Leading Call for Arming Teachers Accidentally Shot a Teacher
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Last Edited | John Aug 29, 2013 07:57am |
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News Date | Wednesday, August 28, 2013 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | A Republican state senator from Arkansas who is leading a legislative committee on the subject of giving guns to school teachers accidentally shot a teacher during an "active shooter" drill earlier this year, the local paper of record has uncovered.
State Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson put forward a proposal in the wake of last December's mass shooting event at Sandy Hook Elementary School that would allow law enforcement officials to deputize teachers and other staff members, effectively putting them in charge of school safety. |
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