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Eugene

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Wed Mar 20, 2019, 05:37 AM Mar 2019

North Carolina proposes laws allowing teachers to carry guns in schools [View all]

Source: The Guardian

North Carolina proposes laws allowing teachers to carry guns in schools

State politicians see arming teachers as a way to better secure the school even as polls show it remains largely unpopular

Rachel Chernaskey
Wed 20 Mar 2019 07.00 GMT

North Carolina is planning controversial new laws that aim to ease gun restrictions in schools and allow teachers to carry weapons while on school grounds and even provide a financial incentive for educators to arm themselves.

The proposed laws – one in the state house and one in the state senate – were filed shortly after 2018 ended as the deadliest year for school shootings in the US since a US naval postgraduate school database began recording data. After last year’s school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 people and spurred the March for Our Lives movement, public interest in creating more effective school security has grown.

Current North Carolina law prohibits firearms on school property, except when a permittee’s handgun is secured inside a compartment in a locked vehicle.

However, arming teachers remains largely unpopular. Poll data from 2018 shows that just 27% of K-12 parents have strong confidence their school could deter a school shooting. Additionally, 63% of parents say they oppose allowing teachers or other staff members to carry guns in school.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/20/north-carolina-proposes-laws-allow-teachers-carry-guns-schools
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