STATE LEGISLATORS PUSHING TO PUT GUNS IN SCHOOLS

FRANKFORT, KY. Hours after authorities say a 15- year- old student shot and killed two classmates at a western Kentucky high school, a Republican senator in the state’s capitol rushed to file a bill intended to prevent future tragedies by putting more guns in schools.

The legislation from state Sen. Steve West would let local districts hire armed marshals to patrol public schools, make citizen’s arrests and protect people from “imminent death or serious physical injury.”

Marshals wouldn’t have to be police officers, but school district employees in good standing who have a licence to carry concealed weapons.

“I’m going to be beating the drum again. We had this shooting this week. If we do what we did last time and nothing is done, this will come back again,” West said of Tuesday’s violence.

West’s bill is one of at least two that would allow more guns into Kentucky’s public schools and on college campuses.