Stats of our lives: Teaching teachers to shoot
The rise in the number of educators interested in gun training — and more in our collection of surprising facts and figures


600
Teachers across 15 states who have applied for a free firearms-training program
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Days since the Buckeye Firearms Association in Ohio announced it was launching the program
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States with plans to introduce legislation that would allow firearms in schools
Sources: Mother Jones, The Huffington Post

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