‘Absolute insanity’: a North Carolina sheriff wants to arm school officers with assault rifles

Madison county's Buddy Harwood said the move will reduce threat response time, but gun reform advocates have decried the decision

Gun reform advocates have decried as absolute insanity" a move by a North Carolina sheriff to arm his school resource officers with assault rifles on campus - in addition to their service issue handguns.

Madison county sheriff Buddy Harwood says he felt obliged to act in hope of preventing another massacre such as at Robb elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in May that killed 19 students and two teachers.