Catholic Schools Eye Enhanced Security in Response to Minnesota Shooting

In the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York, 29 elementary schools now have armed security guards, and a California school plans to add bulletproof glass.
Catholic Schools Eye Enhanced Security in Response to Minnesota Shooting
People mourn the two schoolchildren who were killed a day before during the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis, on Aug. 28, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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In the wake of the Aug. 27 tragedy in Minneapolis, in which two children were killed and 21 people were injured while praying during a back-to-school Mass, Catholic dioceses across the nation are inquiring about beefing up protections to include firearms training or armed guards.

Jimmy Graham, founder and CEO of the Able Shepherd emergency readiness training company, said he has answered at least one inquiry per day from religious organizations in the past month alone.
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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.