School District has put an AR-15 in a safe in every school in the county so the guns can be accessed for classroom defense in case of attack.

Columbine, maybe? I will get flamed for this but..........I really think the shoot em up video games that the kids immerse themselves in is contributing to this. Nutcases are unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality.

North Carolina’s Madison County School District has put an AR-15 in a safe in every school in the county so the guns can be accessed for classroom defense in case of attack.

The Citizen Times notes that Madison County schools will also have breaching tools and extra magazines of ammunition for the rifles.

The county’s decision was framed as a response to the May 24 Uvalde, Texas, attack.

A memorial for victims of Tuesday’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School is seen on May 27, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

USA Today reported that Madison County Sheriff Buddy Harwood pushed for the AR-15s following the attack, pointing out that he did not want evil people to be able to enter the school and hole up in a classroom with officers powerless to act.

Harwood said, “Hopefully we’ll never need it, but I want my guys to be as prepared as prepared can be.”

“We were able to put an AR-15 rifle and safe in all of our schools in the county. We’ve also got breaching tools to go into those safes. We’ve got extra magazines with ammo in those safes,” Harwood explained.

“In the event we have someone barricaded in a door, we won’t have to wait on the fire department. We’ll have those tools to be able to breach that door if needed. I do not want to have to run back out to the car to grab an AR, because that’s time lost.”

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no good in a safe if the person with the key is off site or dead from a gun shot wound

In a safe? They should put in a gun rack on wall above all the blackboards

Uvalde had OVER 300 armed Officers, many with automatic weapons IN THEIR HANDS, and you see what good that DIDN'T do.




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Question: What was the first real school shooting? Talking grade school, middle, high school where the shooter targets innocent kids.

I cant remember, but way back when I was in school there were no events like this.

The Texas Tower Sniper event in 66 seemed to be the first open-air public shooting, but when did the K-12 shootings start?

word. now they want AR's in school to protect kids but at the same time they invite transsexual predators to tell their kids they can be any gender they want...

something isnt right

i'm an ar enthusiast, but a 5 round shotgun with slugs
would be extremely effective.

I grew up on the border of Madison county. In the 80's every truck in the school parking lot had racks with rifles. Not once did anyone think of using them for anything other than hunting.

word. now they want AR's in school to protect kids but at the same time they invite transsexual predators to tell their kids they can be any gender they want...

something isnt right

Extremely valid point.

Teachers like that should not have access to a rifle given their blatant mental instability.

I still recommend homeschooling as the no. 1 route to ensure your child's safety. Putting the safety in the hands of state employees is kinda laughable...unless they do run n' gun drills on their weekends.