Ohio is set to enact a law that allows teachers and other staff to be armed with guns in schools once they have completed up to 24 hours of initial training. Proponents hope armed teachers will reduce the frequency and deadliness of school shootings, which have become recurrent in the United States. Annual training requiredArmed teachers would be required to undergo criminal background checks and receive eight hours of additional training each subsequent year. Under the new law, school districts would have to notify parents if they decide to let armed teachers onto school premises. It was not immediately clear how many school districts would choose to allow teachers to be armed.

Source: CBC News June 04, 2022 08:01 UTC