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Place armed personnel in schools
The Gazette Opinion Staff
May. 6, 2013 12:36 pm
I believe there should be an armed personnel in every U.S. school because parents send their children to school to get a good education and to be safe doing so.
Security officers and staffers would need about 40 to 60 hours of training that would cost $800 to $1,000 each. These security officers and staff should all have a background check to make sure that they have no criminal background because these are the people who will be protecting our children. The security officers would have to make sure that their weapons are secured and concealed so that no one else has access to the weapons.
Kayla Bergom
Belle Plaine
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