Guards of a school in the US state of Colorado have access to semi-automatic rifles. That the school board thinks it can ensure the safety of students and staff.
To purchase the guns has reserved the school $ 12,000. Now security guards walk around there with small hand guns, reports The Denver Post.
"We have learned from shooting incidents at other schools," said a spokeswoman for the school told AFP. "Some of them took place in the state of Colorado. We see it as our job to protect the welfare of our students, staff, parents and other members of society." The director of the school added, the Denver Post that he still believes that security guards at his school about the same means available as law enforcement officers.
Class
Within a few months the first employees must be trained so that they can handle the weapons. Before that, she took a course that lasts for twenty hours. In August, all guards must then be equipped with such a semi-automatic rifle. The weapons will not be visible in the schools, but are kept in the cars of the security guards. They only come out if there is no alternative.
The relevant school has 68 offices and has a total of 67000 students.
Columbine school shooting
Although it is quiet for years, in the past two controversial shootings take place in Colorado. In 1999, 13 people died in a school shooting 'Columbine and in a shooting at a movie theater in Aurora came in 2012, 12 visitors were killed.
http://www.metronieuws.nl/nieuws/ By: Editor RTL Photo: AFP
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