By Simon Tomlinson PUBLISHED: 06:45 EST, 7 January 2014 | UPDATED: 08:18 EST, 7 January 2014 Colorado senator Ted Harvey has renewed calls for teachers to be armed in the wake of the shooting at Arapahoe High School where his son was on the debating team with the gunman A Colorado senator whose son was on the school debating team with the Arapahoe High gunman says the shooting 'validated' the need for teachers to be armed. Karl Pierson, 18, shot Claire Davis at point-blank range with a shotgun on December 13 in a rampage that officials said lasted just 80 seconds.
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Ted Harvey says he doesn't want his wife and children to be 'sitting ducks'
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Karl Pierson, 17, shot teen Claire Davis in rampage lasting just 80 seconds
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Senator believes armed staff could act faster in response to shootings
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