This gives a whole new meaning to "school shootings"

Nevada legislators are debating the merits
of paying teachers bonuses for police training
and will allow them to carry guns.

This takes the parallel of schools and prisons
to the next level. Schools are already the closest
institution we have to prisons in this country,
where children are herded into rooms and drilled
through each day by authority figures and bells
until released.

Now teachers might be able to play the role
of police and guards. What next?

Read the story here:

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2007/aug/08/566681889.html