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School officers to get AR-15s

In another effort to ensure students and staff remain safe inside the Lamesa schools, board members Thursday agreed to allow School Resource Officers (SROs) to be armed with AR15 assault rifles.Officers can’t access the weapons until they undergo training on the rifle.An AR-15 is the same firearm a shooter used when he entered Robb Elementary School on May 24 in Uvalde. He fatally shot 19 students and two teachers, and wounded 17 others. He eventually was shot and killed by law enforcement officers.The attack is considered the third deadliest school shooting in the U.S. after the Virginia Tech shooting in ...

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