As a teacher at the Columbus Downtown High School, I feel all teachers in the Columbus City Schools, if they have a concealed-carry permit, should be allowed to carry their concealed weapons to work with them.
The Ohio Revised Code gives teachers the legal right to carry a concealed weapon to school if they have a valid CCW permit and the Board of Education gives them permission. Not all teachers with a valid CCW permit would want to carry their weapons to school; however, there are teachers who would want to carry their concealed weapons.
The teachers who want to carry their weapons would help make their school buildings safer. Parents send their children to school expecting them to be kept safe. If a deranged shooter comes into the building, how are people in charge — principal, teachers, security personnel — expected to keep students safe — throw an eraser at the perpetrator?
I hope the new board members and superintendent have enough fortitude to grant teachers the right to carry their concealed weapons to school if they have a valid CCW permit. If the Ohio Revised Code gives teachers the right to carry a concealed handgun if they have a valid permit, why doesn't the Columbus Board of Education afford their teachers that right?
I hope everyone who agrees with this letter calls the superintendent and Board of Education members and demands that teachers be allowed to carry a concealed handgun if they have a legal CCW permit.