TITLE

Arm our educators with laws, not guns

AUTHOR(S)
McIntyre, Kathryn J.
PUB. DATE
May 1999
SOURCE
Business Insurance;05/03/99, Vol. 33 Issue 18, p21
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Focuses on the issues of gun ownership and possession among school teachers in the United States. Reactions of teachers on the proposal to own guns; Need for support for gun control laws in the US.
ACCESSION #
1830749

Tags: FIREARMS ownership;  TEACHERS -- United States

 

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