{"id":118652,"date":"2017-03-28T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=118652"},"modified":"2017-03-28T17:15:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T22:15:53","slug":"st-senate-rejects-concealed-firearms-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=118652","title":{"rendered":"ND Senate rejects concealed firearms in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13725\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NDstatecapital-300x202.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NDstatecapital-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NDstatecapital-259x175.png 259w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/NDstatecapital.png 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 The North Dakota Senate has rejected a proposal that would allow trained staff members to carry concealed firearms in schools.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate voted 27-18 to kill the legislation on Tuesday. It would allow up to 10 schools to participate in the guns-in-schools &#8220;pilot program.&#8221; The House passed the bill in February.<\/p>\n<p>The bill is aimed at rural schools without a school resource officer, since it takes law enforcement time to respond to an emergency situation.<\/p>\n<p>Some education groups say the measure opens schools to lawsuits and higher insurance costs.<\/p>\n<p>Ardent pro-gun lawmakers have unsuccessfully pushed similar legislation in the two prior sessions.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would require 80 hours of training for potential gun-packing school officials. Schools also would be required to provide them counseling after a shooting incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 The North Dakota Senate has rejected a proposal that would allow trained staff members to carry concealed firearms in schools. The Senate voted 27-18 to kill the legislation on Tuesday. It would allow up to 10 schools to participate in the guns-in-schools &#8220;pilot program.&#8221; The House [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":67441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118652"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118659,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118652\/revisions\/118659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/67441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}