Let teachers carry concealed weapons, Texas Gov. Rick Perry tells Tarrant County tea party meeting

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The Dallas Morning News:

Let teachers carry concealed weapons, Texas Gov. Rick Perry tells Tarrant County tea party meeting

 

Associated Press The Dallas Morning News Published: 17 December 2012 06:53 AM

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS — Texas Gov. Rick Perry indicated Monday that he supported allowing teachers and administrators to carry concealed handguns in response to the Connecticut school massacre that left 20 children dead.

Local school districts should decide their own policies, Perry said. But if someone has obtained a concealed-handgun license, he said, “you should be able to carry your handgun anywhere in this state.” He clarified that private property owners should be allowed to impose their own restrictions.

Perry was asked about calls for stricter gun control laws Monday at a tea party forum in North Richland Hills. Perry said that he believed lawmakers should consider mental health issues as well as ways to make schools safer.

“It appears that this was a young man who was very disturbed,” Perry said.

Some school districts across the state already allow school personnel to carry guns. When Perry talked about how he had read about one district allowing teachers, administrators and others to carry weapons, he was interrupted by loud applause