RIMBERIO CO

SCHOOL SAFETY
DEBATE
JACOB FRYE
IOWA SCHOOL
BOARD DECISION

Spirit Lake, Iowa school board

will allow some teachers to carry
guns with a concealed carry
permit
 WHY THE
School Board
voted 4-0 in DISTRICT
approval

Was a response
MAKE THIS
DECISION
to Uvalde

Teachers need to
A stronger deterrent to keep people from wanting
take a 40 hour
to come into the schools to do harm
training course
Locked doors and cameras are not enough
The law in Iowa allows it (724.4B.2)
Guns owned by
the school
district

Support for Concealed Carry in schools across America

Could take
months to
implement
47% 37% ?
2019 2021 2022
"My love for kids far outweighs what I don't
like about guns, And when I think about it,
I've got a kid in each building." - Scott
Trautman
RIMBERIO CO

POTENTIAL
PROBLEMS
Stress on Students Stress on Teachers

Uncomfortable with their Teachers don't want to have

teacher carrying a gun guns in their school
Gun could discharge by Training might not be
mistake enough
Mental health concerns Students could take the gun

Stress on the School

Politicizes the classroom

National attention
Funding concerns
RIMBERIO CO

RESOURCES
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2022/08/24/iowa-
school-spirit-lake-staff-concealed-carry-guns-protect-
shootings/7884759001/

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/724.4B.pdf

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/new-survey-finds-broad-public-
support-for-policies-regulating-carrying-guns-in-public-in-the-us