North Carolina Schools to Stock AR-15s to Prevent Uvalde Repeat

Prompted by the Uvalde massacre that left 19 children and two teachers dead in May, a North Carolina county is preparing for future active-shooter situations by supplying its schools’ law enforcement officers with AR-15 rifles.

At the start of the fall semester in a couple weeks, each of the district’s six schools will keep one of the firearms inside a safe, Madison County Sheriff Buddy Harwood, who helped lead the initiative, told NBC News.

The North Carolina school district and sheriff’s office are working to bolster school security and prevent a repeat...