Argyle, Texas is 29 miles north of Fort Worth, Texas. And 375 miles north of Uvalde, Texas.
An armed teacher or staff member in a school is like a parachute. Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.
Arming teachers and staff in Richland 2 schools should be considered, just like every other safety and security measure. It should not be discarded out-of-hand. Not every teacher or staff member would choose to be armed.
In From Luby's to the Legislature, author Suzanna Gratia Hupp, D.C. wrote (paraphrased), "You may not want to carry a gun but, if a gunman tries to hurt your kids or you, you'll wish the person next to you had a gun."
Her parents were killed in a Luby's Restaurant in Killeen, Texas in 1991 by a madman who drove his truck into the restaurant, got out and started shooting people. She reached for her purse and her gun, and then she remembered that she had left it in her car, because Texas law then did not allow carrying it.
Watch her impassioned remarks to a legislative committee on 2/12/2013 here. She worked hard to get Texas to pass its concealed carry law. I heard her speak in Chicago, when Illinois was considering its concealed-carry law.
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