Texas legislature passes Uvalde reform bill to require an armed person at every school

[dalton99a]

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/politics/texas-legislature/texas-school-safety/269-bc4e9024-ca69-43e6-bd00-bb13412a2ee2

Lawmakers approve school safety bill that would require an armed person at every Texas campus
The bill comes in response to the Uvalde school shooting last year that left 19 children and two adults dead.
Author: Brian Lopez (The Texas Tribune)
Published: 11:02 PM CDT May 28, 2023

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers sent a sweeping school safety measure to Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday, including in their response to last year’s Uvalde massacre a requirement to post an armed security officer at every school and provide mental health training for certain district employees.

The measure also gives the state more power to compel school districts to create active-shooter plans.

Both chambers gave their final approval to House Bill 3 after ironing out their differences over the past week.

“It’s time to act,” said Rep. Ken King, R-Canadian, before the vote was taken. “We need to prevent the next Uvalde.”

The provision to require an armed person at every school campus was added back into the bill during the negotiation process after the Senate took it out earlier in the session. The armed person can be either a peace officer, a school resource officer, a school marshal or a school district employee, according to the law.

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ONE armed person? How about 376 armed officers?

[Takket]

1. more guns! more guns!!!!!! Once everyone has a gun then no one will ever be shot again!

Just like the traditional methods of using a flame thrower to put out a fire and dealing with a cockroach infesting by breeding and releasing more of then!

[ck4829]

2. "Reform" bill

[The Jungle 1]

3. The police were at Uvalde. They did nothing!

The police stood down for over an hour.

[yardwork]

4. I don't see how that will help.

An armed police officer watched the killer walk into the school and did nothing, as a first step in a situation where dozens of heavily armed and protected people did nothing for hours.

[Firestorm49]

5. Ah, the old "good guy with a gun" ploy! (Clouseau) Good luck with that one, TX. nt

[TeamProg]

6. Hey TX, maybe you can hire that guy who was hanging out at the school bus

stop with an AR15 in his arms?

He might do it for free!

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. That "mental health training" money might be better spent

on certain members of the Texas legislature. And I wonder how much the position of "first one to be killed" will pay.

[malaise]

8. Armed police and the Ten Commandments

These fucking people are crazy.

[dalton99a]

9. The Ten Commandments bill is dead

It died in the Texas House. However, it did pass the Senate

Crazy, indeed

[grumpyduck]

10. Methinks that sob wants to turn

Texas into the Old West.

Problem is, the OW wasn't like in the movies.

Fucking piece of bovine excrement.

[UTUSN]

11. Typical missing-the-point of wingnuts on all subjects

[moondust]

12. SMFH

376 Holy Death Tools not quite enough.

[Hekate]

13. What could possibly go wrong with that?

[spanone]

14. Fucking idiots. How many guns were there on the day the kids were all killed?