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Three years ago, after passage of the campus carry laws in Texas, I opted to resign my full-time college teaching position. At the time, after going through active shooter training and drills on how to handle an armed student in the classroom, I felt, as so many teachers feel, that dealing with guns in classrooms was just one more thing in an already demanding profession.

Joanna Cattanach is a journalism teacher in Dallas and a Democratic nominee for state representative.

skeathley wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:32 pm She is a snowflake, and thinks all other teachers are, as well.

I am currently working with a school system in central Texas. They have identified 7 administrators (including the Supt) and 11 teachers (including a 1st grade teacher and a school nurse) who will either carry a gun daily, or have one in a lockbox in their classroom. They train as a group regularly, have walk-in privileges at a local range, and take active shooter training. The school provides Glock 19s and Hornady ammo for everyone, and pays for training. BTW, these folks can shoot. They can all easily pass the LTC Proficiency at the instructor level, and 2 of the first 11 I worked with could pass the FBI Agent Qualification the first time.

They are serious, as is the school system. Every classroom on 4 campuses has a steel bar to drop across the door, a can of Mace, and a radio, plus the armed teachers.

Don't let the Socialist snowflakes confuse you; schools in Texas can be made hard targets, with the right administrators, the right policies, and a few good people.

Our state budget must reflect our priorities about mental health and safety in schools