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Republican lawmaker proposes guns in private schools
By: Associated Press//February 19, 2018//
Listen to this articleMADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin Republican lawmaker wants to arm teachers in private schools with firearms as a way to defend themselves and students.
Rep. Jesse Kremer made that proposal Monday, five days after a school shooting at a high school in Florida left 17 dead.
The bill has little chance of being adopted, however. The Assembly plans to wrap up its work for the year on Thursday, a day before Kremer’s deadline for co-sponsors.
The bill would legalize weapons on the grounds of any private, religious or tribal school in the state that accepted that sort of change.
Kremer says gun-free school zones “merely serve to concentrate populations of vulnerable targets on school grounds and surrounding areas.”
Kremer says he hopes to test out having armed teachers at private schools and then eventually expand the policy to public schools.
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