West Virginia House OKs bill to allow teachers with training to carry guns, other weapons in schools
West Virginia House OKs bill to allow teachers with training to carry guns, other weapons in schools
West Virginia’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates has voted to allow teachers and other school staff who undergo training to carry guns in K-12 public schools.
West Virginia’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow teachers and other school staff who undergo training to carry guns in K-12 public schools.
The bill, which now heads to the Senate, would allow teachers, administrators and support personnel with concealed carry permits to volunteer to bring a firearm into school with the intention of using it to defend the school in case of an active shooter event. Designated a “school protection officer,” the staffer wouldn’t receive any additional compensation for doing so.
Supporters say not every school system in West Virginia can afford to hire a full-time school resource officer. This program would provide another option.
Before the vote, Republican Del. Dave Foggin of Wood County, a physics teacher, said he can’t think of anything worse than shooting someone in his classroom. But he said if that person came into his school trying to hurt his students, he would do it.
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Can you show me where the law says the gun has to be carried? Because the article just says it has to be "concealed on campus."
Are you saying that every single teacher permitted to carry a gun in school will definitely have it tucked inside their clothing hidden away where no one will be able to see it? Because the law sure doesn't say they have to.
Are you also saying that it is impossible for a student to be able to get a gun away from a teacher if the teacher believes the gun to be hidden under their clothing? Is there at least a chance that a student could do that?
The summary of the bill is
Permit teachers in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms as a designated school protection officer
Good job. You read a one-line bill summary. Now read the article OP linked. Specifically this part:
The bill requires that firearms be concealed on campus and that educators have a concealed carry permit. Staffers could also choose to carry a stun gun or a Taser instead of a gun.
Here's the actual bill text, not someone at AP New's interpretation of the text. The firearm should be concealed while they're on campus, not hiding it on campus.
Where in this text that mentions concealed is either immediately preceded/followed by carried, or in a sentence about it needing to be carried.
IDK why the link stopped working. It worked when I double checked it.
Sorry, I got the exact same error. On two different browsers.
No idea, something must time out or be cached based.
What a massive pain in the ass it was to get archive.org to archive it. Fuck ColdFusion.
https://www.wvlegislature.gov/ in the top right search for "House Bill 4299" and the first result should be for the 2024 session. Don't accidentally look at the one from 2022 or the one that requires healthcare workers to do something sexual to their patients like I first found.If that doesn't work then I guess google for 2024 west virginia house bill 4299 2024 and you should find something.Thanks for figuring it out.
FYI, that one seems to error out, too.