Fannin County’s teachers could soon bring guns to school. Georgia state law allows local boards of education to decide to train and arm school workers. Fannin County’s school board will vote on a proposal to do so Thursday night.
Dane Kirby is the north Georgia county’s sheriff. He supports the policy.
“Unfortunately with some of the acts that have been occurring country-wide, sometimes desperate acts require desperate remedies to stop them,” he said. “I think that we would be remiss if we didn’t consider doing something like this.”
Fannin County Schools Superintendent Michael Gwatney wrote a letter to the community about the plan. It calls firearms tools to have on hand in an emergency, like defibrillators or fire extinguishers.
Right now, each Fannin County school has one armed resource officer. Gwatney said that’s not enough to keep students safe.
