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Home My WebLink AboutTexas schools mull school safety after shooting - Globe & Mail - 05/21/2018 - Globe & Mail - 05/21/20185/22/2018 Texas schools mull school safety after shooting - The Globe and Mail Texas schools mull school safety after shooting ERWIN SEBA SAIN'T"A 11=11::: ..U..I1F.YAS IIS II:::. J" ' IE. IISS PUBII...II.SIINII:ID IMAX ?:U., 20:1.8 J1P1DKT'11:.::1D 12 HOURS AGO A womain Ipira s at aim lkeshiiff irneim irii ll Ilea in irmneimoiry of N1he vkfims H1111ed Ern a s1hoo—fiirng at Sainte IFe High Schooll iiia Sainta IFF, 1I ex., IMay 2'..11••, 0'..11..8. J 0 IN A.U. II N A ICU II3 A c II N ISN A IN / II? II:::. U 111:..: IIS S Mourners knelt before white wooden crosses on Monday outside the Texas high school where 10 people were killed in the fourth deadly U.S. school shooting this year, an image recalling similar gatherings after February's Florida school massacre. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-texas-governor-to-hold-talks-on-school-violence-after-shooting/ 1/7 5/22/2018 Texas schools mull school safety after shooting - The Globe and Mail 411 �I�I� ( t IrA� C moment of silence called for by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. In contrast to Florida, where the deaths of 17 teens and educators sparked a youth - led movement calling for new restrictions on gun ownership, the Texas tragedy saw elected officials and survivors alike voicing support for gun rights. ...r 0 FRY C 0 114 ...r l IN U f:::::. S I13 If:::::11 0 VV A 11) V If::::: IR: 1f l SIf::::: IM If::::: Ifs ...1.. Some embraced the idea of arming teachers, a strategy advocated by the National Rifle Association and U.S. President Donald Trump but largely rejected by survivors and parents in Parkland, Florida, after the carnage there. "I'd be comfortable with our teachers having guns," said Tessa Ybarra,15, a sophomore at Santa Fe High School. "If Ms. T and Ms. Perkins had had guns, maybe they could have protected themselves," she said, referring to Cynthia Tisdale and Glenda Ann Perkins, the two teachers killed on Friday. Abbott, who noted that the 17 -year-old accused of the attack appeared to have used weapons legally owned by his father, planned on Tuesday to open a three-day series of round table meetings with educators and law enforcement officials on improving school safety. "We need to do more than just pray for the victims and the families," Abbott said on Friday at the school, located about 30 miles (50 km) southeast of Houston, following the attack. He said any changes considered to state laws would "protect Second Amendment rights." The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution enshrines the right to bear arms. Gun rights proponents say it prohibits regulations on gun ownership and argue that https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-texas-governor-to-hold-talks-on-school-violence-after-shooting/ 2/7 5/22/2018 Texas schools mull school safety after shooting - The Globe and Mail The U.S. Supreme Court has avoided major gun cases for a number of years, leaving in place restrictions on guns enacted by some states. Gun control groups point to the regular toll of shootings across the United States as evidence that more needs to be done to rein in the proliferation of weapons. S f O RY COIN f II IN U f:::::: S IE3 If::::: 11 W A 1D VIf:::::1FZ 1F II S If::::: I If::::: IN 1F Abbott said the list of nearly two dozen participants for his meetings includes both supporters and opponents of arming teachers. Mike Collier, a Democrat running for Texas lieutenant governor, expressed skepticism that the talks would bring significant change. "Dozens of Texans have been killed in massacres just six months apart ... and our state leadership feebly announces `round tables,"' Collier said, alluding to the fatal shooting in November of 26 people at a church in rural Sutherland Springs. Police arrested Dimitrios Pagourtzis,17, at the Santa Fe school following the rampage they said he committed with a shotgun and .38 -calibre pistol. He is charged with capital murder of 10 victims — two teachers and eight students, including Pakistani exchange student Sabika Sheikh, 17. Her father, Aziz Sheikh, said on Monday he hoped his daughter's death would spur gun control in the United States. "Sabika's case should become an example to change the gun laws," Sheikh said in a phone interview. S ..r 0 FRY C 0 IN ..r II IN LJ f:::S F3 IE::: IL... 0 W A Il:: b V IE::: IFS 1f II a IE::: IM IE::: IN "'ll... https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-texas-governor-to-hold-talks-on-school-violence-after-shooting/ 3/7 5/22/2018 SHOTGUN GIVEAWAY Texas schools mull school safety after shooting - The Globe and Mail Abbott's re-election campaign website on Monday dropped a contest offering donors the chance to win a shotgun, a fundraising promotion that Texas gun - control advocates criticized as insensitive. Campaign spokesman john Wittman said the contest began on May 1, well before Friday's gun violence, though critics noted the shotgun offer remained posted days after the shooting. "Abbott's decision to continue the raffle was disrespectful to the Santa Fe community," Houston March for Our Lives, a group which is part of the national protest movement that arose from the Florida high school massacre, said on Twitter. Police said Pagourtzis confessed to Friday's killings after he was arrested, but they have offered no motive yet for the massacre. Pagourtzis is being held without bond, on suicide watch, at the Galveston County Jail in nearby Galveston, Sheriff Henry Trochesset said. Pagourtzis' family said in a statement it was "saddened and dismayed" by the shooting. February's massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, prompted enactment of a law creating a $67 -million statewide fund to train school personnel to carry weapons on the job, though the measure excludes most classroom teachers. Parkland rejected its share of that funding. In Santa Fe, some students were more interested in that idea. Said 18 -year-old Kassidy Monroe: "In some cases arming teachers may help." Other students and parents said they supported instal' - ' , � r ' - - `a' ' - cr - - '- school entrances. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-texas-governor-to-hold-talks-on-school-violence-after-shooting/ 4/7 5/22/2018 Texas schools mull school safety after shooting - The Globe and Mail "Honestly," she said, "I think it starts at home with the parents these days that don't know what's going on with their kids." () 1R II:: IP 0 IIS I A IN II::.1R 1R 0 IIS %% c 0 1,1,If:: IN "I" NEXT STORY Before the Bell: Stocks set to rise after Dow reaches 25,000 again Morning Update: Notley skipping premiers' conference; U.S. lays out demands for Iran treaty Premarket: European shares eye four-month highs, Italy sell-off relents A world without cigarettes? 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