Pakistani Teachers Learning to Fight Back, Shoot Guns
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iStock/Thinkstock(JERUSALEM) — The local government in Pakistan’s Peshawar province has agreed to allow teachers to carry licensed weapons into the classroom, following the December Taliban massacre at a school there that left nearly 150 people dead.
Over the past two weeks, the provincial government has launched firearms training workshops for teachers.
The hope is that the teachers could, at the very least, slow potential attackers until police arrive, government officials told ABC News.
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