Catalyzed by the Valentine’s Day shooting in Parkland, Florida, some Kansas legislators have proposed legislation that would hold schools legally responsible if they refuse to allow teachers to carry guns and the school is attacked. The bill would also authorize districts to let certain staff members carry firearms in schools if they have a license to carry concealed firearms and undergo additional special training, according to the Lawrence Journal-World.
Rep. Blake Carpenter, a Republican who helped write the legislation, pointed out to the House Insurance Committee that in many cases, it could take precious minutes for police to arrive in case of an imminent attack, and in smaller districts in which school resource officers aren’t hired because of a lack of funding, the bill would allow for the “next best thing,” adding, “It is not, if our kids will be killed. It is, when will they be killed and what are we doing to prevent it?”
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