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The Tennessee Conservative Staff –
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office reported on Tuesday that they were investigating a number of threats received by Hamilton County Schools.
The first threat was made to Hixson Middle School, where it was reported to a school resource officer that a student had stated that he was going to “shoot the gym up.”
The SRO interviewed several witnesses and was able to obtain a confession from the student who made the threat.
That student was arrested and charged with Threats of Mass Violence and is currently in the Hamilton County Juvenile Detention Center.
Red Rock Middle School’s SRO was told by students around 10:45 a.m. that a student claimed to have a bomb in his backpack.
That student also confessed and was arrested on the same charges and taken to HCJDC.
Around the same time, a faculty member at Soddy Daisy Middle School notified the SRO that a student had threatened to “shoot the school up.”
Police arrested that student as well.
These threats, along with several others received in neighboring East Tennessee school districts, have pushed schools to increase their already heightened security.
Knox County Schools reported several threats that were received on Tuesday as well. The investigation there led to the arrest of three students.
In Knox County, 17 individuals have been charged in cases of threats of school violence, after school has only been in session for a month. This is in addition to the most recent cases reported in Knox County, as officials say they are continuing to investigate more threats.
Police have also investigated recent threats that have been circulated in Anderson County, Campbell County, Blount County, Claiborne County, Jefferson County, and Cocke County. Several of these have proven to be unfounded, with some even originating outside of the United States, school systems are taking each and every threat seriously.
Anderson County officials say they are “actively investigating these threats and coordinating with school officials to ensure all necessary precautions are taken to protect students.”
Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong said that any suspects who were found would be arrested and would face possible charges.
Law enforcement agencies say that schools in these areas will see an even greater police presence, as well as additional security measures. They encourage parents to remain vigilant about monitoring their child’s internet activity and openly communicating with them on a regular basis.
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School security would be enhanced greatly by allowing teachers and other staff to constitutionally carry guns ,with a short free supplemental training course on proper safety in using a gun to stop violent criminal threat in a school setting and legal issues. My wife works in a public school in Tennessee and has a pistol she would like to carry at work, in order to prevent a tragedy happening at her school and for her own protection as well. She likely would not respond bravely and forcibly enough, but she might and she and the other employees together, would be likely to prevent or to prevail in a typical school shooter incident quickly. She , like myself and many others would be willing to lay down our lives to save our friends, school children, and other innocents from attack. Gun free zones invite the worst types to commit horrible crimes in those areas with increased likelihood of success for their heinous criminal acts. A single or even two or three security officers is less deterrent than an unknown number of many armed persons, likely to be present at a location. Coupled with a school security officer or two, Few would ever dare such horrible events, as we have seen in recent years. Hospitals, clinics, public venues are now not safe places these days, due to lax crime deterrent, gun free zones and terrible education, with media misinformation and Marxist/criminal/perverts destroying the fabric of our civilization. Three strike laws that eliminate habitual criminals, single paper ballots and one day voting laws with verified citizen eligible voters only , along with the restoration of our constitutional rights of free speech, baring arms, freedom of our founding father’s religion and beliefs from government control or censure and equal protection under the law of all qualified citizens. Citizens who should be people who share our values, the Judeo Christian ethics civilized society and especially our nation was founded upon. No place for Marxist. satanist, Islam or other hate filled evil suppressors of freedom or free expression of science or moral thought, political parties equal protection if not anti constitutional or felonious. Our nation was founded by good, brave , decent men who feared God and sought fair justice for themselves and all of us citizens, who have stood up for freedom from tyranny. There should be no place here in the USA for a satanic religion similar Islam that teaches murder, child rape, forced slavery , demeaning and discriminating against women and spreading death and hate wherever they go. Same is true of sex perverts and abortionist. No place for them here in a free and God fearing nation , that ascribes our rights, justly so, as coming from God! Throw out these attackers of our nation, our beloved republic the USA! Their presence here is a clear and present danger to our freedom and future peace and security.
As crooked as our government has become this may well be officers calling in to create new cushy jobs for themselves.