COLUMBUS -- Soon, two dozen Ohio teachers won't just be taking aim at test scores. They'll be taking aim at stopping violence in schools.
"It's something that needs to happen not only in Ohio, but in other states. We defend our gold with guns, and leave our kids defenseless," said Gerard Valentino, with the Buckeye Firearms Foundation.
Valentino says selecting 24 teachers out of the more than 600 who have applied will be difficult.
"It's really been all socio-economic backgrounds, all school backgrounds, all age ranges - you name it," Valentino said.
The majority of them have been women.
Financial support is also pouring in from people in countries with strict gun laws, such as Great Britain, Canada and Australia, but Valentino says not everyone's on board.
"We've had an email where somebody, who pretended to be from the anti-gun movement said, 'if they had their way, it would've been the Buckeye Firearms Foundation leaders' children in school at Sandy Hook, instead of 20 innocent children.'"
Valentino says that email drives home even more why protecting children in schools is so important.
"It's something that needs to happen not only in Ohio, but in other states. We defend our gold with guns, and leave our kids defenseless," said Gerard Valentino, with the Buckeye Firearms Foundation.
Valentino says selecting 24 teachers out of the more than 600 who have applied will be difficult.
"It's really been all socio-economic backgrounds, all school backgrounds, all age ranges - you name it," Valentino said.
The majority of them have been women.
Financial support is also pouring in from people in countries with strict gun laws, such as Great Britain, Canada and Australia, but Valentino says not everyone's on board.
"We've had an email where somebody, who pretended to be from the anti-gun movement said, 'if they had their way, it would've been the Buckeye Firearms Foundation leaders' children in school at Sandy Hook, instead of 20 innocent children.'"
Valentino says that email drives home even more why protecting children in schools is so important.