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Letter: Self-defense lessons, not guns, are needed

Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007 | 7:25 a.m.

On the subject of arming schoolteachers with handguns, I agree with those who say that possession of firearms within public schools should continue to be restricted to on-duty police officers.

It would, however, seem entirely logical to provide teachers with some training in the process of overpowering an armed assailant.

Additionally, a good case could be made for allowing teachers who have received appropriate training to possess nonlethal weapons.

Steven P. Haver, Las Vegas

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