In light of the rash of mass school shootings and threats just as recently as yesterday here in Utica, Matthew Mallory of PS&Ed (Public Safety and Education) is offering free firearms training for school districts and churches.

This is happening all over the nation and to get the instruction, each district's superintendent must sign off on it and one area school has already taken advantage as well as one local church too.

Matt's position is that we guard other things that are important to us like important public figures and our cash, why not our kids?

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