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Teachers ‘gun-ho’

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two dozen Ohio educators have been trained in firearms use in a pilot program developed after the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, a gun-rights group says.

Participants in the three-day course used model guns with plastic pellets while learning tactical maneuvers for reacting to shooters, the Columbus Dispatch says.

The Armed Teacher Training Program, conducted by the Tactical Defense Institute in Ohio’s West Union, included simulated gunman scenarios based on real-life situations.

It was organized by the Buckeye Firearms Association after the December attack at Sandy Hook Elementary that killed 20 students and six staffers.