School district may allow teachers to carry concealed weapons

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Updated: 1/15 11:30 am
SAN ANTONIO - An area school district is considering allowing teachers to carry concealed handguns.

On Monday, Hunt ISD Superintendent Dr. Crystal Dockery said the district is exploring all options. Dockery said fencing around the school campus, as well as video cameras and scan cards will also be discussed by board members at Thursday’s school board meeting.

Sallie West, a Hunt ISD kindergarten teacher, supports guns in schools.

“I wouldn't personally carry a handgun, though I support the school board’s decision to recommend or mandate it,” said West. “There are staff members that I would entrust and feel very safe having them carry concealed handguns.”

School attorneys are also looking at all options and News 4 WOAI is told it could take months before the school board decides what it plans to do.

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AFretired2002 - 1/16/2013 11:44 AM
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it's stupid thinking like yours luigi that allows guns in schools by those who mean to kill people rather than defend people. YOU ARE THE PROBLEM AND THE REASON PEOPLE DIED.

AFretired2002 - 1/16/2013 10:06 AM
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210bro, nice imagination you have. you were probably in the chess club and band as well as got your a$$ kicked daily by the girls in your school.

MarcelinoCR - 1/15/2013 9:08 PM
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If you allows thee loosee laws to continuees Narcos, Terrorits, Mentalls Insanes will continuee to buy thsee powerfuls weapons guarantY!

usesomecents - 1/15/2013 5:42 PM
3 Votes
Would you trust your child to an unarmed teacher? The parents in CT did.

Jimkata - 1/15/2013 3:04 PM
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If they do go with permitting school staff to carry concealed, won't there have to be some accommodation made to state law? Local ISD's cannot create rules that preempt state or federal law, as far as I know...

Carmelos - 1/15/2013 2:51 PM
3 Votes
The anti-gun lobby will not be silenced until they have a total gun ban. People talking compromise are not getting that or are part of the program. It has ben positedthat Biden will come out with some unreasonable demands and then after a few days will "compromise" and come up with a les severe, but still unreasonable solution. Look at the war on cigarettes by the anti-smoking crusader, think this isn't going to go the same way? Hopefully Obama does go for an Executive Oder on ths one and impeachment proceedings can begin against him. Presidents are supposed to defend the Constitution, not attack it.

TXHomebrew13 - 1/15/2013 2:33 PM
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Not naming names (too many to list)... We can't have a rational, productive goal-based discussion, until the extremes are muted. If you think that the government is out to takes your legally purchased guns away from you, or if you can't stop asking "who needs an assault rifle to hunt", please just step aside for now. Cooler heads (and more moderate thinkers) need the floor, not you. We get it; You want ALL OR NOTHING. That's not how compromise works.Until we decide that there is no "one solution" we will continue to read weekly about violence in innocent environments (I pray you never expereience any). The school shootings are gut-wrenching, but let's face reality; It can and does happen everywhere. We can't expect to legislate violence away like it's some sort of disease we can cure. It's called give and take. We should all take a big dose of "grow up" and tackle the real problem: Senseless rampages have got to stop. NPinNB: Well stated. You're the first-responder. Thank you for what you do and I hope we never have to meet in an ER.

donoho - 1/15/2013 1:28 PM
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Actually @LuigiLewis, you’re the only moron here. Students do not meet the criteria for a concealed carry license. I agree with Lilly Langtry, except I’m not sure you ARE a tax paying or productive member of society. I expect, @fedupmom, that the mother of the shooter in Connecticut, who was murdered by her son, who broke into her locked gun safe to steal weapons to take on his insane trip to the school, was also fedup. Crazy people will always be with us, and often are NOT diagnosed or identified before their first violent act. That’s part of the impediment, @NPinNB, that I see to your partnership program. Armed teachers would save lives.

210bro - 1/15/2013 1:17 PM
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I say no to guns in schools for the same reasons you don't take a gun into a prison. Someone will go for that gun, knock that hillbilly on his back. Shoot'em and take his truck for a joyride. When I was 16 in a gang, I probably would've done it given the opportunity. Full of testosterone and bench pressing 250! Those were the days...

CAROLINE - 1/15/2013 1:11 PM
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@Superspurs__Has a locked door ever stopped a psycho intent on murder. I'm gonna go ahead and say NO! Dumb idea.
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