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    As gun debate roils on, teachers in this Texas school are already armed

    by Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times Feb 23, 2018 5 minutes

    ARGYLE, Texas - In the days since a 19-year-old gunman stormed onto his former high school campus in Parkland, Fla., killing 17 people with an AR-15 assault rifle, the nation has been embroiled in a debate over what to do about school violence: How do you make it stop?

    Here at Argyle High School, they already have an answer to that question: The teachers are packing handguns.

    A sign outside campus warns: "Please be aware that the staff at Argyle (Independent School District) are armed and may use whatever force is necessary to protect our students."

    Among those arriving Thursday was teaching assistant Theresa Locastro, who said the school board's decision to allow staff to be armed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012 "set an example for various schools that we mean business."

    "I know there's a

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