Texas Considers Paying Teachers $25K to Carry Guns in Schools

Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would pay teachers or other school staff up to $25,000 to carry firearms and act as "sentinels" in public and open-enrollment charter schools. The proposal, which requires firearms and mental health training, was written in response to a deadly mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school last year. Opponents of the bill claim it would force educators to carry weapons just to boost their paychecks. The bill has passed the state House but faces an uphill battle in the Senate.