SC senator pre-files legislation that could allow designated school employees to carry a weapon

A South Carolina state senator wants to allow some school employees to carry guns, Channel 9′s affiliate station WCIV in Charleston is reporting.

State Sen. Brian Adams pre-filed the “School’s Guardian Act.” The bill would allow school boards to designate certain employees as school guardians to carry a weapon in case of an active shooter.

Adams said not everyone will be handed a gun.

“It isn’t everybody, the teachers, the staff or the personnel of the school have to be approved through the school board, so it’s not like everyone can come in okay I’m going to be armed,” Adams told WCIV.

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Rep. Wendell Gilliard believes employees should stick to their assigned jobs and believes schools should buy metal detectors.

“Those educators are put in these schools to educate our children, shouldn’t turn them into military or security people,” Gilliard said.

Adams says that option creates a false sense of security.

“I’m just saying we should not get into the mindset of saying well we got metal detectors, there’s no guns on the property, that’s not 100% sure,” Adams told WCIV.

Gilliard is worried arming employees could send the wrong message.

“If you put the weapons in these teachers arms, it would be chaos,” Gilliard said.

Since the bill has only been pre-filed, it hasn’t had its first reading yet.

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