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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowIndiana school districts would be able to seek state money to provide gun training for teachers under a bill endorsed by a legislative committee.
The bill that advanced Monday joins other Republican-backed proposals regarding firearms moving in the Legislature. Those include eliminating fees on five-year handgun licenses and providing more immunity from lawsuits to people who shot an attacker under the state’s “stand your ground” self-defense law.
The new bill would let school districts apply for grants toward 40-hour training programs for teachers who volunteer to be armed during school hours. The committee deleted the bill’s original proposal to repeal the state’s ban on non-police officers carrying guns on school property without district permission.
Democrats have complained about the Republican-dominated Legislature not considering their proposals to tighten gun laws.
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