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Georgia schools resist arming teachers despite new law
Georgia Gun Bill Werm
In a Wednesday, April 23, file photo, protestors hold signs during a rally in Atlanta against a gun bill the governor is signing, expanding where people with licenses to carry can bring their guns in Georgia. Georgia school leaders are turning down the new option to arm teachers, arguing that it doesn't make kids any safer and creates more problems than state lawmakers intended to solve. - photo by Associated Press
ATLANTA — Georgia school leaders are turning down a new option to arm teachers, arguing that it doesn't make kids any safer and creates more problems than state lawmakers intended to solve. A string of attacks at schools and colleges in California, Oregon and Washington state hasn't swayed education officials who say bluntly that they don't believe guns belong in schools. "We could give (teachers) all the training in the world as to how to a shoot a gun, but knowing when to shoot poses a major problem," said Steve Smith, superintendent of the Bibb County School District.
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