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FRANKFORT, KY.
Hours after authorities say a 15-year-old student shot and killed two classmates at a western Kentucky high school, a Republican senator in the state's Capitol rushed to file a bill intended to prevent future tragedies by putting more guns in schools.
The legislation from state Sen. Steve West would let local districts hire armed marshals to patrol public schools, make citizen's arrests and protect people from "imminent death or serious physical injury." Marshals wouldn't have to be police officers, but school district employees in good standing who have a license to carry concealed weapons.
AlanM
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FRANKFORT, KY.
Hours after authorities say a 15-year-old student shot and killed two classmates at a western Kentucky high school, a Republican senator in the state's Capitol rushed to file a bill intended to prevent future tragedies by putting more guns in schools.
The legislation from state Sen. Steve West would let local districts hire armed marshals to patrol public schools, make citizen's arrests and protect people from "imminent death or serious physical injury." Marshals wouldn't have to be police officers, but school district employees in good standing who have a license to carry concealed weapons.
This is a common sense bill. I'm surprise that Kentucky, that is a gun friendly state, has these school restrictions. Even Ohio has schools with armed resource LEO and teachers that have access to firearms. Of course the anti's will find arguments against the bill.
It is tough to understand how gun restrictions in Kentucky keep any traction. Outside of the lousy parts of Louisville and Lexington, even most Democrat state legislators are pro-firearms. Maybe it's in part because their House and Senate only have ninety days each year to add or negate laws.
Quit worrying, hide your gun well, shut up, and CARRY that handgun!
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This bill makes it worse, KY law currently works just like Ohio's law, total local control. KY 527.070 (3)(f) already states that the prohibition on firearms in a school does to apply to someone authorized by the school board. The problem seems to be that in KY schools, there is Louisville and not-Louisville. The not-Louisville group has up to this point be following Louisville schools lock-step.
Hoping some schools look at the options they already have with POST-KY and FASTER, leave the politics behind and start making kids safer.