Nebraska lawmaker to introduce school guns bill
Source: Omaha World Herald-AP
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are likely to revisit the idea of allowing teachers to carry guns in school next year, but the proposal will again face strong opposition.
State Sen. Mark Christensen of Imperial said he plans to introduce legislation that could allow teachers to bring concealed weapons into classrooms when lawmakers convene in January. A similar bill died in committee two years ago, but Christensen said he's preparing a new version with additional requirements before teachers or school administrators could qualify.
"I absolutely don't want every teacher to have one. Nobody does," Christensen said. "But if you have a gunman coming into a school, I don't want kids shot up and killed until the police arrive, which could be four or five minutes. It could be 10 minutes. Ten minutes could mean a lot of dead kids."
Christensen introduced the previous measure in January 2011, after a student gunman shot and killed a vice principal at Millard South High School in Omaha and injured the principal, before turning the gun on himself. The proposal died in committee, and faced opposition from education and law-enforcement groups.
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