{"id":35802,"date":"2020-02-14T12:29:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T18:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=35802"},"modified":"2020-02-14T12:29:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T18:29:56","slug":"35802","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=35802","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma State Senate passes bill making it easier to arm teachers<\/a><\/p>\n

The Oklahoma Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that could make it easier for Oklahoma teachers and school personnel to carry a firearm at school.<\/p>\n

The bill by Republican Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, and Rep. Sean Roberts, R-Hominy, would change requirements for teachers to be able to be armed at school.<\/p>\n

Bullard said the rural school districts in his area want the legislation because it could take a significant amount of time for law enforcement to respond to a mass shooting on campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have students right now that are vulnerable if someone walks in with a gun,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a manslaughter and there\u2019s nothing they can do about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Teachers would no longer be required to complete a 240-hour Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training certification course in order to be armed at school. Bullard said the requirement is cost prohibitive and time intensive to a point that it deters teachers from participating.<\/p>\n

Instead, under House Bill 2336, school personnel who undergo the eight-hour concealed carry class or the 72 hours of armed security guard training would be eligible to carry on campus at K-12 schools. The personnel also would have to go through \u201ccampus-specific active shooter training\u201d as stipulated by local law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n

The campus-specific training would vary based on a school\u2019s size and layout and would be intended for law enforcement to work one-on-one with teachers or school staff who intend to be armed, Bullard said.<\/p>\n

Senate Democrats said the legislation could result in teachers having various levels of training depending on which district they teach.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma State Senate passes bill making it easier to arm teachers The Oklahoma Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that could make it easier for Oklahoma teachers and school personnel to carry a firearm at school. The bill by Republican Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, and Rep. Sean Roberts, R-Hominy, would change requirements for teachers to … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,29,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rkba","category-safety","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35803,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35802\/revisions\/35803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}