House backs measure to arm school teachers

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Intro:	Saying they want to stop school shootings and protect kids, lawmakers in the state House have passed a bill that could let some teachers carry weapons in your child's classroom.
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They bill would let teachers carry concealed weapons and act as "school protection officers." They would have to have a conceal and carry permit and get special training.

Republicans say teachers who carry guns in the classroom might be able to protect students from school shootings like the one that happened late last year in Connecticut.

But St. Louis County Democrat Stacey Newman says the Legislature should crack down on gun crime. She says gun crime kills many kids each year and that lawmakers aren't doing enough to stop that.

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Description: "And we think it's funny. We think it's all about being powerful, it's all about our 'rights', but the rights of those kids are ignored."

The school guns bill now heads to the state Senate.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Wes Duplantier. Newsradio 1120. KMOX.

Intro:	Saying they want to stop school shootings and protect kids, lawmakers in the state House have passed a bill that could let some teachers carry weapons in your child's classroom.
RunTime:	0:48
OutCue:	SOC

Wrap:

They bill would let teachers carry concealed weapons and act as "school protection officers." They would have to have a conceal and carry permit and get special training.

Democrats say the state should instead crack down on gun crime which they say kills many kids each year.

But supporters of the bill say teachers who carry guns in the classroom might be able to protect students from school shootings like the one last year in Connecticut. Republican Wanda Brown says gun control measures might have made that shooting possible.

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Description: "People like you have fought for years to make those gun-free schools zones and look what happened. So if you want to talk about shameful, maybe you need to look in the mirror."

The school guns bill now heads to the state Senate.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Wes Duplantier. Newsradio 1120. KMOX.

Intro:	Saying they want to stop school shootings and protect kids, lawmakers in the state House have passed a bill that could let some teachers carry weapons in your child's classroom.
RunTime:	0:50
OutCue:	SOC

Wrap:

They bill would let teachers carry concealed weapons and act as "school protection officers." They would have to have a conceal and carry permit and get special training.

Republicans say teachers who carry guns in the classroom might be able to protect students from school shootings like the one that happened last year in Connecticut.

But St. Louis County Democrat Stacey Newman says the Legislature should crack down on gun crime. She says gun crime kills many kids each year and that lawmakers aren't doing enough to stop that.

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Description: "This bill does nothing besides play with people's lives. That's what it does. All the bills we've seen this year are our effort on turning our back on all the gun violence, not just in our country, but in our own state."

The school guns bill now heads to the state Senate.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Wes Duplantier. Newsradio 1120. KMOX.