As your constituent, and a member of Gun Owners of America, I encourage you to co-sponsor the Teachers Empowered Against Classroom Harm (TEACH) Act, which was just introduced by Rep. Andy Ogles. This critical bill, H.R. 2991, would take significant action to help school staff and parents carry firearms on school property to protect our kids. It would eliminate restrictions on the use of Department of Education funding to train teachers with “deadly weapons”, protect teachers’ right to concealed carry for self-defense, use the Education Secretary’s personal slush fund to train teachers to carry firearms, and much more. Evidence shows that would-be mass shooters specifically select “soft targets” where they’re unlikely to encounter any significant resistance. It’s no coincidence that the vast majority of mass shootings occur in Gun Free Zones! Whether it’s arming willing teachers, adding school resource officers, or empowering everyday passersby like parents to carry concealed weapons on campus, these policies play a major role in deterring violence at schools. But it’s not just about deterring shootings before they happen. It’s also about stopping them as quickly as possible when they do occur. Nearly half of all mass shootings in 2021 were stopped by armed civilians. Studies show that putting up some sort of resistance in a mass shooter situation dramatically increases survival. In response, anti-gunners have suggested arming teachers and students with everything from hockey pucks to cans of soup. But there’s a more effective solution than telling teachers and students to fight an armed, deranged mass murderer with a can of soup or a hockey puck… No school that has armed teachers has ever experienced a shooting, much less a mass public shooting. That’s why the single most important thing Congress can do is to allow school faculty and parents to exercise their constitutionally protected right to defend their lives and the lives of our children. I hope you’ll co-sponsor this important legislation to ensure our classrooms are no longer easy targets for deranged mass murderers.

As your constituent, and a member of Gun Owners of America, I encourage you to co-sponsor the Teachers Empowered Against Classroom Harm (TEACH) Act, which was just introduced by Rep. Andy Ogles. This critical bill, H.R. 2991, would take significant action to help school staff and parents carry firearms on school property to protect our kids. It would eliminate restrictions on the use of Department of Education funding to train teachers with “deadly weapons”, protect teachers’ right to concealed carry for self-defense, use the Education Secretary’s personal slush fund to train teachers to carry firearms, and much more. Evidence shows that would-be mass shooters specifically select “soft targets” where they’re unlikely to encounter any significant resistance. It’s no coincidence that the vast majority of mass shootings occur in Gun Free Zones! Whether it’s arming willing teachers, adding school resource officers, or empowering everyday passersby like parents to carry concealed weapons on campus, these policies play a major role in deterring violence at schools. But it’s not just about deterring shootings before they happen. It’s also about stopping them as quickly as possible when they do occur. Nearly half of all mass shootings in 2021 were stopped by armed civilians. Studies show that putting up some sort of resistance in a mass shooter situation dramatically increases survival. In response, anti-gunners have suggested arming teachers and students with everything from hockey pucks to cans of soup. But there’s a more effective solution than telling teachers and students to fight an armed, deranged mass murderer with a can of soup or a hockey puck… No school that has armed teachers has ever experienced a shooting, much less a mass public shooting. That’s why the single most important thing Congress can do is to allow school faculty and parents to exercise their constitutionally protected right to defend their lives and the lives of our children. I hope you’ll co-sponsor this important legislation to ensure our classrooms are no longer easy targets for deranged mass murderers.

As your constituent, and a member of Gun Owners of America, I encourage you to co-sponsor the Teachers Empowered Against Classroom Harm (TEACH) Act, which was just introduced by Rep. Andy Ogles. This critical bill, H.R. 2991, would take significant action to help school staff and parents carry firearms on school property to protect our kids. It would eliminate restrictions on the use of Department of Education funding to train teachers with “deadly weapons”, protect teachers’ right to concealed carry for self-defense, use the Education Secretary’s personal slush fund to train teachers to carry firearms, and much more. Evidence shows that would-be mass shooters specifically select “soft targets” where they’re unlikely to encounter any significant resistance. It’s no coincidence that the vast majority of mass shootings occur in Gun Free Zones! Whether it’s arming willing teachers, adding school resource officers, or empowering everyday passersby like parents to carry concealed weapons on campus, these policies play a major role in deterring violence at schools. But it’s not just about deterring shootings before they happen. It’s also about stopping them as quickly as possible when they do occur. Nearly half of all mass shootings in 2021 were stopped by armed civilians. Studies show that putting up some sort of resistance in a mass shooter situation dramatically increases survival. In response, anti-gunners have suggested arming teachers and students with everything from hockey pucks to cans of soup. But there’s a more effective solution than telling teachers and students to fight an armed, deranged mass murderer with a can of soup or a hockey puck… No school that has armed teachers has ever experienced a shooting, much less a mass public shooting. That’s why the single most important thing Congress can do is to allow school faculty and parents to exercise their constitutionally protected right to defend their lives and the lives of our children. I hope you’ll co-sponsor this important legislation to ensure our classrooms are no longer easy targets for deranged mass murderers.