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Education administrators in Alabama have another option to stop
a school shooting, now that Gov. Kay Ivey has signed an
executive memo authorizing the storage of firearms in a safe on
campus. There are stipulations, but the state is moving to
create new approaches for dealing with the threat of school
shootings.
Ivey�s memo mandates that any administrator who wants to take
advantage of the offer must have a concealed-carry permit, must
undergo firearm training, must submit to random drug tests, must
be sworn in as deputy sheriff and must work at a school without
a school resource officer.
The guns and ammunition must be kept in a biometric safe and
should be retrieved only in the event of an armed attack.
Ivey acted on her own, rather than waiting for the state
Legislature�which convenes early next year�to address the
concerns regarding school safety, because, �With the unfortunate
continued occurrence of school violence across our country, we
cannot afford to wait until the next legislative session.�
While Moms Demand Action railed against the action, an analyst
with The Heritage Foundation pointed out that armed response can
stop threats, or keep them from becoming worse. �Even in [Santa
Fe, Texas], where 10 lives were tragically lost, the immediate
response of armed school resource officers prevented the
situation from becoming much worse,� said Amy Swearer, a legal
policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation. She also called this
a more financially viable option than requiring school districts
to hire more school resource officers.
https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2018/6/13/alabama- schools-can-keep-guns-at-the-ready/
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