After a poll of Texas’ Gatesville Independent School District’s employees found widespread support for allowing those employees to carry firearms on campus, district Superintendent Stewart Speer says he supports having two armed school officials for every 400 students on the district’s campuses. Other members of the Texas school district’s faculty and staff called for more moderate measures, such as having school employees carry pepper spray or Tasers.
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