‘Many, many’ Texas teachers seek to carry guns in schools, Tarrant County sheriff says
Many Texas teachers are becoming qualified to carry firearms in schools in the wake of the Uvalde mass shooting, according to Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn
...Waybourn said schools must be “hardened” to protect kids from shooters, mirroring Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s call for action to better secure schools from potential shooters. To protect schools, Waybourn said, schools need “a good guy with a gun ready to go,” whether that person is a police officer or a “well-trained vetted staff member in that school.”
Across the state, 62 school districts were qualified through the {School Marshal} program for a total of 256 school marshals as of May
...Texas has more than 1,200 school districts, including charter schools.
Only 5.1% of school districts have the program with only an average of 4 school marshals per qualified district... I'd say the 80 hour Marshal program isn't enough. 80 hours training is a substantial barrier to entry. The School Safety Certification Program is only 16 hours. No word on how many of those there are.
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