A Utah gun group will offer free conceal-carry permit courses and mass violence response training to public school teachers after the Newtown, Conn., shooting, the Salt Lake City Tribune reports.
Instructors with the Utah Shooting Sports Council(USSC)will offer Utah’s concealed weapons course to school employees noon Thursday at the Maverik Center in West Valley City.
And David Burnell, CEO of OPSGEAR, will instruct teachers on how to respond to an attack and tactics to disrupt an attacker and save lives.
Clark Aposhian, chairman of the Utah Shooting Sports Council, said he expects the class to reach its limit of 200 people and more will be turned away.
Utah and Kansas are the only states that allow individuals with conceal-carry permits to bring their guns into schools.
