XPost: alt.politics.usa.constitution, alt.politics.guns, alt.california   
   XPost: sac.general   
   From: gp@dont-email.me   
      
   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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