Bill Would Allow Texas Teachers To Kill Students Threatening School Property

In this photo taken July 11, 2013, practice air-powered handguns sit on a teacher's desk in a classroom at Clarksville High School in Clarksville, Ark. Twenty Clarksville School District staff members are training du... In this photo taken July 11, 2013, practice air-powered handguns sit on a teacher's desk in a classroom at Clarksville High School in Clarksville, Ark. Twenty Clarksville School District staff members are training during the summer to be armed security guards on campus. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) MORE LESS
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Legislation filed last week in Texas would allow teachers to use deadly force in order to protect school property, the Houston Chronicle reported.

State Rep. Dan Flynn (R), who’s previously fought to roll back concealed handgun license requirements, filed the Teacher’s Protection Act authorizing educators to use deadly force to protect themselves or another person on school grounds.

The bill would also authorize the use of deadly force to protect school property and shield any teacher who uses deadly force from prosecution should they cause injury or death.

Texas law already offers immunity from discipline to teachers who use “reasonable” force against a student, according to the Chronicle. State law also allows any adult to carry a firearm in a school with the principal’s permission.

A lobbyist with the Association of Texas Professional Educators, Monty Exter, told the Chronicle that the protections in Flynn’s bill are not “any different than the protection that exists in law for a regular citizen.”

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  1. So Cops can kill you with impunity. Now teachers. What’s next?

    Well, next is irrelevant you’re already living in a fascist nightmare.

  2. And what happens when a cop confronts a teacher? Shoot out at the OK Corral again?

  3. Guess the schools will staunch the loss of those #2 pencils. Are they completely nuts?

  4. Wow, I have often thought there should be a solution to school vandalism. This is it!

  5. “…[not] any different than the protection that exists in law for a regular citizen…”

    Okay!

    Then pass a bill shielding teachers who use deadly force against any Texas legislator who they believe is threatening school property. You know, since it’s just an elaboration of law that already exists.

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