I guess the idea of the legislation — to allow trained teachers to carry weapons in school — would work as well here in Mississippi as anywhere; yet, I still have serious reservations. I think of my high school science teacher, who weighed 80 pounds on a good day, going Dirty Harry on someone. And honestly, how horrible is it that we even live in a world where this is an even a conversation.
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