Inside the Fight to Arm Teachers in Schools: Part 1

For the past two years, producer Jen Kinney has been looking into the movement to arm teachers in schools—and what it means when teachers start to carry guns in the classroom. This is the first part of a three part series. Part one follows student Cooper Caffrey, who was shot by a classmate in eighth grade—a few years later, his Ohio school decided to have its teachers carry guns. But not everyone likes the idea. We take you inside the fight over firearms that divided the school. 

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• VICE News’ Tess Owen reports on how the Florida state Senate just voted to let teachers bring guns into the classroom.   
• Exclusive: How the Parkland school shooting created a rush to arm teachers and school staff across the country.
• Producer Jen Kinney writes about how Biden hates the idea of arming teachers, but it’s too late to stop the movement.   
• An Ohio school board that wanted to arm teachers was sued for allegedly censoring and doxxing parents.

CREDITS:

Reported and produced by Jen Kinney. 

VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock. 

Our executive producer and VP of VICE Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is senior production manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact checking by Nicole Pasulka.