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Lawmaker wants Parents to have Choice if Teachers are Armed
An Oklahoma legislator has written two amendments to a controversial that will allow teachers to carry guns in schools.
If approved, House Bill 1062 would allow school districts to have the final say on allowing elementary or secondary school teachers or administrators to carry a handgun. But an Oklahoma City Democrat wants to give parents the right to choose where their students attend school.
Representative Mike Shelton has written two amendments. The first would give parents the option of a voucher to move to a different district if the district they live in allows administrators to carry guns.
Shelton said he's against vouchers but not if guns are allowed in schools.
"I don't want a teacher teaching kids in class with a gun on his/her hip," Rep. Shelton told FOX 25. "I think it's an absurd way to handle a very serious situation."
Rep. Shelton's second amendment would provide cell phones to each grade.
"The number one thing you need in an emergency is communication," Rep. Shelton said.
Read more about HB 1062 here.
Posted: Monday, March 11 2013, 04:00 PM CDT
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Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb
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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) --
Wind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create the massive killer tornado in Moore, Okla. And when they did, the awesome amount of energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.
Meteorologists contacted by The Associated Press used real time measurements to calculate the energy released during the storm's life span of almost an hour. Their estimates ranged from 8 times to more than 600 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb.
Scientists know the key ingredients that go into a devastating tornado. But they are struggling to figure out why they develop in some big storms and not others. They also are still trying to determine what effects, if any, global warming has on tornadoes.
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