NC bills would allow some concealed handguns in private schools

RALEIGH, N.C. — Two North Carolina bills would allow trained teachers, volunteers and even visitors to carry a gun at your child’s school.

Each bill requires gun holders to have written permission from school leaders and a valid concealed handgun permit to carry on school grounds.

The Senate bill would also allow parents, teachers or others to serve as volunteer armed guards for the school. They’d be required to take eight hours of annual training first.

“Our children are the most vulnerable among us,” private school parent Rachel Brady said. “I like that there are protections in place and ways of ensuring that responsible adults who go through the necessary processes to receive a concealed carry permit [that] they could be designated by the school to serve as protectors of our children.”