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Excellent point...

Eother that, or the gun-control proponenets will organize and do what they can to “out” the “marshals” (in this case) and somehow shame those folks and the administrations for foisting such a situation on the teachers and students whom are simply a bunch of lily-livered wastes of air...

But what gets me is why spend the money???Texas already has its oconcealed carry system...What is in an 80 hour class that is not in the CHL class that teaches the laws regarding carrying of a firearm for lawful self defensive purposes, and the laws regarding the use of force and deadly force???

One might also assume that the most likely candidates for this “special” certification would be your burly looking Phys Ed teachers/coaches who might be physically and mentally adept to perform this function...

I beg to differ, I have personally seen (a majority) those types of “teachers” to be rather, how can I say this without pizzing off teachers in general, of whom my wife happens to be a part of that industry...

A little on the “left side of the aisle” for lac of a better term...Or even not as physically or mentally adept as one may assume...

Personally, Iknow teachers in general are wayyyyyy too busy to be focused on an extra cirricular job of maintaining control over any “lockbox”m much less be in a position to effectively be at the right place at the right time...In the case of any soft target school shooting...

Teachers ARE NOT SWAT!!! If something goes down in their school, and it happens, more than likely, to be across the scholl from where they happen to be...I am absolutely sure, even if they have a firearm and are “trained” to handle something like this, that it would be an effefctive program...That at the very least would be in a position to save lives...Considering how quickly most of these shooters who kill at these facilities do so rather quickly...Even your smallest campus is still fairly large to cover for even a combat veteran, much less a teacher who again, may not be physically adept or mentally prepared for such carnage on their way to that shooter...

Now, since I have given the negatives to this issue, now for a few words about the positives and the alternatives that should have been considereed before this bill was created...

Since Texas has an extremely successful and proven system to certify all law abiding citizens to carry concealed for lawful self defensive purposes...Why not relax the Texas Penal Code and allow those of us who have proven ourselve “trustworthy” at the very least to carry concealed in those “premisis” and teachers whom have passed those backgground and state requirements to do so as well...And not again, advertize their capability, nor make a federal case out of the fact that some may actually do this...

You might have a better response, more effective deterrent for those psychotic people enought to possibly cause some hesitation and to seek attention elsewhere...

Removing the “soft-target” stigma of our schools should go hand in hand with ANY effort to get this problem under control...

It isnt perfect, but I see lots of room for improvement in this effort...

By the way, Texas CHL’ers have a proven statistical record for being even MORE trustworthy than commissioned law enforcement officers in this state...

Meaning we tend to commit LESS serious crimes, and wayyyyy less of them, than that community...

Funny how most of those facts tend to not make the headlines these days...

Just my opinion...