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Buford Tune has addressed armed dangers personally as a former Metro tactical officer and professionally as part of the class he runs at the Academy of Personal Protection and Security.
Fox 17 News asked him what he thinks about teachers being allowed to carry guns in schools.
" If they're properly trained I don't have a problem with it," said Tune.
The worry Tune has is that teachers will someday be carrying guns without that training.
It's a debate State Lawmakers are going to have this year.
State Senator Stacey Campfield filed a bill that would allow teachers who work in schools that don't have resource officers to carry guns.
"People deserve the ability to defend themselves if they so choose," said Campfield.
Those teachers would have to have a carry permit and they'd also need to go through an initial 40 hours of school resource officer training and then an extra 15 hours of training each year.
"A lot of people say, well there will be a shootout. To me, if I'm a bystander I prefer a shootout to an execution," said Campfield.
Campfield said teachers asked him to file the bill but the union that represents Metro teachers has serious concerns.
"Teachers got into the profession to educate children not to be police officers. That's a totally different role," said MNEA President Stephen Henry.
Tune believes teachers could learn that role but he worries the SRO training won't be enough.
"Even typical level 1 law enforcement training is not enough training for people to be in schools to address an active shooter," said Tune.
Fox 17 News asked him what he thinks about teachers being allowed to carry guns in schools.
" If they're properly trained I don't have a problem with it," said Tune.
The worry Tune has is that teachers will someday be carrying guns without that training.
It's a debate State Lawmakers are going to have this year.
State Senator Stacey Campfield filed a bill that would allow teachers who work in schools that don't have resource officers to carry guns.
"People deserve the ability to defend themselves if they so choose," said Campfield.
Those teachers would have to have a carry permit and they'd also need to go through an initial 40 hours of school resource officer training and then an extra 15 hours of training each year.
"A lot of people say, well there will be a shootout. To me, if I'm a bystander I prefer a shootout to an execution," said Campfield.
Campfield said teachers asked him to file the bill but the union that represents Metro teachers has serious concerns.
"Teachers got into the profession to educate children not to be police officers. That's a totally different role," said MNEA President Stephen Henry.
Tune believes teachers could learn that role but he worries the SRO training won't be enough.
"Even typical level 1 law enforcement training is not enough training for people to be in schools to address an active shooter," said Tune.
Wednesday, January 23 2013, 12:01 AM CST
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Tishomingo County voters OK beer, alcohol sales
May 22, 2013 23:38 GMT
IUKA, Miss. (AP) -- Tishomingo County is the latest Mississippi jurisdiction to legalize alcohol sales.
Voters approved the sale of liquor, wine and beer Tuesday, reports the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/13JCcix).
It wasn't clear referendums would pass until affidavit ballots were counted Wednesday.
With more than half Tishomingo County's voters casting ballots, legalizing alcohol passed by 42 votes, while legalizing beer and light wine passed by 73. The county borders Alabama and Tennessee.
Lawmakers legalized liquor at a proposed resort at the county's Bay Springs Lake in 2010, but it wasn't built.
Greene County voters legalized beer sales last year, while Corinth, New Albany and Senatobia have legalized alcohol sales under a 2012 law that allows cities to hold votes.
Mississippi has 13 remaining counties that allow no beer or alcohol sales.
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