If it became law, would the Wake County school board be willing to designate school safety marshals to have more armed people on school campuses?

As noted in today's article, state Sen. Stan Bingham said he expects rural as opposed to urban districts to embrace the new bill. The bill expands who can have firearms on campus, allowing school boards to either hire people or take applications from school employees or volunteers to be marshals.

Bingham's thinking is that rural districts, where it could take longer for law enforcement to respond, might be more willing to have a trained school employee or volunteer on campus with a gun.