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Schools in a rural North Carolina county will now stock an AR-15 assault rifle as officials beef up security measures in the wake of May's deadly mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
The weapons, in addition to ammo and breaching tools for barricaded doors, will be kept in safes in each school.
Madison County, North Carolina, Sheriff Buddy Harwood said all county schools will have an AR-15 assault rifle and extra ammo locked in a safe.
School resource officers will be responsible for handling the rifles.
Madison County parents and residents weigh in on the decision to have AR-15s in schools. Here's what they had to say.