Ohio state governor Mike DeWine signed the so-called agreement this Monday. Law 99 authorizing teachers to carry firearms After a minimum of 4, a maximum of 24 hours of trainingfar from the 700 hours needed so far.
“My office worked with the General Assembly to remove hundreds of hours unrelated to school safety from the curriculum and ensure that instruction is specific to a school setting. Related tutorial in simulated scenarioDeWine explained in a statement released by ‘The Columbus Dispatch’.
norm, which Does not include minimum required training hoursIt is approved by the Republican Party-controlled Ohio Congress and is optional, so it will be up to each education district to decide whether to accept it.
At least four of the 24 hours of training will be “scenario based”. or simulated training exercises without specifying that real weapons can be used in this “tactical training with firearms”. Users of these weapons will go through a background check every year.
The law is also a a maximum of eight hours of annual training review and the creation of the Ohio Center for Crisis and School Safety to advance the education agenda.
Until now, a teacher had to be a peacekeeper with more than 700 hours of training to carry a gun. A police officer receives 60 hours of firearms training, 46 of which are on the range.
The bill was definitively passed with 54 Republican votes in favour, 31 Democrat votes, and two Republican votes. Up to twelve congressmen did not vote.
Groups such as Mothers for Accountability, Mothers Demand Action, the Ohio Education Association or the Ohio Fraternity Police Service have warned that this new law will make schools much less safe.
“This is not what people want. I have letters from mothers, fathers, people in society, children… They don’t want guns, they want background checks“Democratic state congressman Juanita Brent argued.
It will be just the opposite for the Buckeye Firearms Association. “Over time, we’ve learned that the faster an active killer is attacked, the more lives are saved,” said Rob Sexton, spokesperson for the group.
A total of 19 children and two educators were killed by the bullets of a young man, who had just turned 18, in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24. The case reignited the debate over gun possession in the United States.