Is it time to arm teachers & staff?

In February 2018 (two weeks after the shooting in Parkland, Fla.), at the first school board meeting I attended, I addressed the Richland 2 school board and asked them to survey parents, teachers, staff and community members on the issue of arming teachers. 

Later that night, in the second Public Participation segment, two parents were allowed to speak. They said they didn't want guns in schools.

Did anyone there that night hear me say I wanted guns in the schools? I wanted a survey! Find out what the community wants.

OK, maybe it's time for that survey now.

As of 10:25PM today, media report that 19 children and two teachers are dead in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which is 80 miles west of San Antonio.

What if many teachers and staff had been armed this morning? When the shooter showed up, he would have been quickly stopped.

Richland 2's Committee of the Whole on Safety & Security is supposed to be hard at work. Will they be serious about protecting students and staff? Will they consider a plan to allow teachers and staff to arm themselves? 

Provide rigorous training in firearms use and the law. 

Remember that often-quoted saying - "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun."