<div>In the wake of a slew of shooting incidents in America, a US school district has voted to allow some teachers to carry guns to make schools safer and prevent incidents like the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre.<br /><br />The Keene Independent School District in Johnson County, Texas, which has four campuses, voted 6 to 1 to approve the "Guardian Programme".<br /><br />School board members approved the policy that would allow a few select staff members inside its four campuses to carry a gun.<br /><br />The carriers would be selected by the district, who would do so only if they wanted to and would carry a gun provided by the district.<br /><br />The measure will take affect sometime next year, as early as February or early March. Argyle in Texas adopted a similar proposal last year, as have several other districts across the state.<br /><br />A school district is a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate local public, primary and secondary schools.<br /><br />Keene Independent School District Police Chief Tim Kosar plans 80 hours of training for the 'Guardian Programme' participants in order to maintain proficiency and ensure safety.<br /><br />The district's superintendent, Ricky Stephens, was quoted by ABC News affiliate WFAA8-TV as saying he could not have imagined such a programme a few years ago but all that changed on December 14, 2012 when a mentally-ill man shot 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut.<br /><br />Since then, the Texas Legislature has enacted a 'School Marshal' programme to allow staff to carry weapons on campus.<br /><br />America has been rocked by a slew of shooting incidents recently which have prompted calls for firming up security at vulnerable public places including schools.<br /><br />Last month, a radicalised couple -- 28-year-old Pakistani-American Syed Rizwan Farook and his 29-year-old Pakistani wife Tashfeen Malik -- massacred 14 people at a Christmas party in San Bernardino, California.<br /><br />Earlier this week, all public schools in Los Angeles area were closed due to an unspecified "electronic" threat.<br /><br />Students in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Houston also received threats similar to the ones received by the Los Angeles and New York school districts.</div>
<div>In the wake of a slew of shooting incidents in America, a US school district has voted to allow some teachers to carry guns to make schools safer and prevent incidents like the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre.<br /><br />The Keene Independent School District in Johnson County, Texas, which has four campuses, voted 6 to 1 to approve the "Guardian Programme".<br /><br />School board members approved the policy that would allow a few select staff members inside its four campuses to carry a gun.<br /><br />The carriers would be selected by the district, who would do so only if they wanted to and would carry a gun provided by the district.<br /><br />The measure will take affect sometime next year, as early as February or early March. Argyle in Texas adopted a similar proposal last year, as have several other districts across the state.<br /><br />A school district is a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate local public, primary and secondary schools.<br /><br />Keene Independent School District Police Chief Tim Kosar plans 80 hours of training for the 'Guardian Programme' participants in order to maintain proficiency and ensure safety.<br /><br />The district's superintendent, Ricky Stephens, was quoted by ABC News affiliate WFAA8-TV as saying he could not have imagined such a programme a few years ago but all that changed on December 14, 2012 when a mentally-ill man shot 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut.<br /><br />Since then, the Texas Legislature has enacted a 'School Marshal' programme to allow staff to carry weapons on campus.<br /><br />America has been rocked by a slew of shooting incidents recently which have prompted calls for firming up security at vulnerable public places including schools.<br /><br />Last month, a radicalised couple -- 28-year-old Pakistani-American Syed Rizwan Farook and his 29-year-old Pakistani wife Tashfeen Malik -- massacred 14 people at a Christmas party in San Bernardino, California.<br /><br />Earlier this week, all public schools in Los Angeles area were closed due to an unspecified "electronic" threat.<br /><br />Students in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Houston also received threats similar to the ones received by the Los Angeles and New York school districts.</div>