Over 700 Texas educators showed up to a concealed handgun training class envisioned by former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle before his death.
Via Fox News:
More than 700 teachers and administrators attended the all-day session on gun laws and safety at Kennedale High School in Dallas-Fort Worth area, The Dallas Morning News reported.
The free class was organized by Dalworthington Gardens Police Chief Bill and Kyle, who was fatally shot at a North Texas shooting range in February.
"It went from 20 to 30 teachers to the more than 700 we have here today. It just exploded with Chris’ involvement," Dalworthington Gardens Police Chief Bill Waybourn told the paper.
Teachers from across the state and at least one representative from each school district in North Texas attended the class, which was organized in response to the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., according to the report.
Participants who complete the required live-ammunition firing training will be eligible for concealed-handgun licenses, the Fort Worth Star Telegram reported.
Last week, the Texas Senate Education Committee approved a plan to train armed teachers for gunfights in classrooms or at campus sporting events or board meetings.
Unlike states that would rather increase gun laws and make it harder for school personnel to protect their students, Texas refuses to put that giant bulls eye target on on their students back with "gun free zones" as Sandy Hook Elementary school was.
According to CBS New York sources, Sandy Hook was chosen because it was an "easy target."