Louisiana and Ohio want to introduce laws that would make it easier for teachers to arm themselves following Texas school shooting

In the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Louisiana and Ohio are working on legislation that would make it easier for teachers to have guns.

Despite their opposition, the efforts come through. The Ohio Capital Journal reported that the state legislature sent a bill to the governor that would allow school districts to "designate armed staff for school security and safety."

The bill was designed to make sure training requirements were specific to a school environment and contained significant scenario-based training, according to DeWine.

DeWine thanked the General Assembly for passing the bill to protect Ohio children and teachers.

In Louisiana, an amended bill would allow for volunteer "school protection officers" who would need to take a police training course and get a permit to carry a concealed weapon in school.

"What we have to do is focus on reasonable solutions and that reasonable solution is more security in the schools," Republican state Sen. It's a common-sense approach to dealing with this situation.

More than a week has passed since an 18-year-old man opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 people.

This isn't the first time Republicans have proposed to arm teachers. When 17 people were killed at a high school in Florida, similar measures were proposed. Donald Trump wanted to give teachers guns.

Advocates and experts argue that the measures don't keep students safe. They want tighter gun control measures.

Pringle believes that there needs to be less guns in schools.

Pringle said that teachers should not act as security guards. Common-sense solutions are needed right now. There are more mental health professionals in schools than there are guns. Arming teachers makes schools more dangerous and does nothing to protect students and their families when they go to school, shop at the grocery store, attend church services, or simply walk down the streets of their neighborhoods.

She said that the lawmakers were trying to distract us from their failure to prevent another mass shooting.

Democrats and gun safety advocates want Congress to pass stricter gun laws to make it harder for people to access weapons that could be used in a mass shooting.