Mississippi Education Board Removes School Gun Ban
July 22, 2022 | Mississippi
The Mississippi Board of Education voted on Thursday to remove its prohibition of carrying legal guns in public schools, the Mississippi Free Press reported.
Board members cited Mississippi’s 2011 enhanced-carry law in their reasoning, arguing that the 32-year policy of barring ”the possession of pistols, firearms, or weapons” by anyone other than law enforcement was at odds with state requirements.
Mississippi education officials Brian McGarity and Erin Meyer told the Free Press that the board was simply complying with state law and that the revision is one of a handful in a broader effort to update the state’s education policies…. (Excerpt from Newsmax)
