{"id":1502768,"date":"2022-06-03T15:49:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T19:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1502768"},"modified":"2022-06-03T15:49:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T19:49:42","slug":"sen-lindsey-graham-proposes-certifying-veterans-as-school-security-guards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-lindsey-graham-proposes-certifying-veterans-as-school-security-guards\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Lindsey Graham Proposes Certifying Veterans As School Security Guards"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-lindsey-graham-proposes-certifying-veterans-as-school-security-guards%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1502768&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>In the wake of the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting, Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is calling for retired military personnel to serve as armed school security guards.<\/p>\n<p>Graham <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1532754818279915520\">said<\/a> in a Friday tweet thread that he would create a \u201ccertification process\u201d to more easily allow veterans to qualify as security guards and carry firearms on school grounds. Forty-three percent of schools had armed security personnel during the 2015-16 school year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyssba.org\/clientuploads\/nyssba_pdf\/Reports\/armed-security-report-12032019.pdf\">according<\/a> to the New York State School Boards Association, with the majority of those being school resource officers (SROs).<\/p>\n<p>Graham\u2019s proposal would not place more police in schools, but would allow the \u201chundreds of thousands\u201d of veterans to protect students, he explained. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/25\/democrats-texas-shooting-school-police\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Dems Outraged About Texas Shooting Pushed Bill To Defund School Police Protection)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">We have hundreds of thousands of well-trained former military members who could bring a lot to the table in terms of school security. ROTC instructors with firearms training should be allowed to possess weapons to enhance school security,\u201d Graham said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We have hundreds of thousands of well-trained former military members who could bring a lot to the table in terms of school security.<\/p>\n<p>ROTC instructors with firearms training should be allowed to possess weapons to enhance school security.<\/p>\n<p>(1\/4)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1532754223062040578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Graham\u2019s office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller\u2019s request for comment for further information about his proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the largest school districts in the country announced in 2020 and 2021 that they would no longer allow SROs in schools in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests and riots. Minneapolis Public Schools, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/k12\/minnesota\/districts\/minneapolis-public-school-district-100071\">educates<\/a> nearly 33,000, Denver Public Schools, with more than 93,000 students, and Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), which has more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org\/about\/\">160,000<\/a> students, all eliminated School Resource Officer positions in the aftermath of the BLM protests and riots. MCPS <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/26\/montgomery-county-school-shooting-magruder-student-resource-officers\/\">brought<\/a> police officers back after a high school student was shot in January.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers have also called for a more extensive armed presence to prevent mass shootings in schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to ensure each school has locked doors, security cameras, metal detectors and armed police,\u201d Maryland State Fraternal Order of Police President Sgt. Clyde Boatwright <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/26\/baltimore-union-armed-police-uvalde-shooting\/\">told<\/a> The Daily Caller News Foundation in May. \u201cYou cannot see a judge, attend a sporting event or meet with an elected official without passing through multiple security measures. Our precious children deserve the same level of protection.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting, Republican South Carolina Sen. 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