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| Ohio set to allow teachers to carry guns with reduced training requirements |
| 2022-06-03 |
| [FoxNews] A bill in Ohio that would allow teachers and other school staff to carry guns on school grounds with less training time passed the state legislature and is expected to be signed by Gov. Mike DeWine. "I think it gets down to this: Do we want our kids to have a fighting chance in the event that the worst happens, right," said one of the bill's supporters, legislative affairs director for the Buckeye Firearms Association Rob Sexton, according to reporting from KAMR. "And for us, we’d just like a school to be able to have that option. Allows local school districts to make their own decisions," The bill will allow any adult that is licensed to carry a concealed firearm in both public and private schools with a reduced training requirement, doing away with the 737 hours of peace officer training that is currently required in favor of mandating only 24 hours of training. Individual schools and districts have the option to set their own policies, including requiring additional hours of training. The bill, which passed by a 23-9 vote in the State Senate and a 56-34 vote in the State House, mandates at least 18 hours of general training, two hours of handgun training, two hours of "additional" general training, and two hours of "additional" handgun training. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #10 As a Buckeye, I will continue to call for armed lunch ladies. I don’t think most teachers will have it in them to squeeze the trigger, except several math teachers I had, but they are long dead. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-06-03 12:56 |
| #9 As badly as the failed at basic subject matter, I'm hoping they fail twice as hard at the indoctrination gobbledy-gook. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-06-03 10:45 |
| #8 HS - High School At one time in America (generally) there was an age/advancement hierarchy of the educational system. A facility, the school, hosted one or more levels of achievement with correspondingly more complex training materiel and social engagement skill setting. The hierarchy followed a progressive student age pattern of Elementary or Grade School(G1-6), Junior High School(G7-8) and High School(G9-12). The High School school facility also may have offered advanced placement preparation classes for the exceptional college or university bound student and technical skills classes for the workforce bound. Beyond, there were also Tech Schools, Prep Schools, Junior Colleges, etc. offering remedial and or specialized life skill training. Now it's all fucked up. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-06-03 10:40 |
| #7 Grade school used to be the school you went to to get ready for high school. These days, there probably needs to be a remedial step in between. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-06-03 09:01 |
| #6 HS - High School. So an "HS school" is a High School school. Mmmmkay. |
| Posted by: Black Bart Gurly-Brown9918 2022-06-03 08:57 |
| #5 ...oh, and try not to leave it in the restroom... |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-06-03 08:36 |
| #4 HS - High School. I would hope the training also incudes *when* its appropriate to use the firearm. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2022-06-03 08:22 |
| #3 A week-long course (24 hours) is more than enough time to learn when and where to, load, point and shoot. Many years ago, I taught my wife and later teenage kids using 2 boxes of 22 LR. All were hitting 7-10 at 50 ft. after a few hours. NOTE: A wall of shame listing the names of the OHIO politicians voting against it should be made. "9 vote in the State Senate and a 34 vote in the State House," |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-06-03 07:26 |
| #2 What is an "HS school"? |
| Posted by: Shusomp Jones2017 2022-06-03 00:43 |
| #1 Local HS school already has signs up. "WCHS staff is trained and armed and ready." |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-06-03 00:41 |