Posted on 12/17/2018 4:39:40 PM PST by Kaslin
This story actually popped up last week but somehow got lost in my inbox for a while. Down in Florida, in the school district where the horrific shooting took place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the Stoneman Douglas Commission finally sat down to take a vote on one of many measures being considered to provide additional security for students and teachers in the event of future mass shooting attempts. The subject at hand was the concept of arming teachers who volunteer to undergo rigorous training and carry firearms at work.
Given the outrage expressed over the idea by many student activists and virtually everyone in the media, you might think this plan would never get off the ground. But it went the opposite way, with all but one of the commissioners voting in favor of the proposal. (CBS Miami)
The Stoneman Douglas Commission voted 13-1 on Wednesday to recommend that qualified teachers who volunteer to carry guns on campus be allowed to do so.
“The more people we have appropriately trained and appropriately equipped after their appropriately selected the safer the kids are because we have to get there in seconds,” said Commission Member Grady Judd, Sheriff of Polk County.
The idea is a controversial one and it came up repeatedly after the February 14th shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead and 17 others injured.
Commission Chair Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said the shooting at MSD proved to him that selected teachers who undergo background checks and extensive training can stop a school shooter.
Some of the parents and students were still speaking out against the proposal. (The single vote against the measure was cast by the father of one of the students killed in the attack.) Also, the state teachers union is opposed to the measure.
This action doesn’t change existing law or allow the program to go into effect. Rather, the finding of the committee will be passed to the Florida state legislature for consideration. Given their intimate standing with school shootings, it’s possible that the legislature will look upon their recommendation kindly.
If they fail to act, what else are the schools supposed to do? They freely admit that they don’t have the resources in their budget to place armed security officers in all of the locations needed throughout the school district. Restricting access to the school brings its own complications, and metal detectors and similar security precautions can also be prohibitively expensive.
Sure, you can always dial 9-1-1, but the response time for the best local police units still proves to be too long in many tragic cases. And even if law enforcement arrives promptly, many of these parents are still no doubt wondering what happens if the first person on the scene turns out to be “the Coward of Broward County.” In Florida, as with many districts around the nation, willing, well-trained, armed teachers may be their best line of defense if enough precautions are taken to prevent students from getting hold of the firearms.
“..take away our 2A rights...”
They can only “take away” what you are willing to give up.
MAKE them try to take it, and watch the fun begin.
The Second Amendment is just words on paper unless we’re willing to back it up, the way it was INTENDED to be backed up.
“Also, the state teachers union is opposed to the measure.”
That’s because the union doesn’t give a rip about the kids.
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And his 32 0z sippy cup!
Gee, I feel safer already!!!
But Bloomberg is pissed!
Bloomberg IS piss.
***We have armed air marshals on planes**
Remember when the anti-gun people went into hysterics when it was said the marshals would be armed?
“NO GUNS! NO GUNS! Stop the hijacking but WITHOUT GUNS!”
Nothing like being shot at without the ability to defend yourself to make you “woke”.
Bic Pen? bottle of water in a tube sock? LOL
They took my nail clippers!
Now I carry on the flight deck.
...Poor David and Emma...
They are having apoplectic fits.
Film at 11.
LOL! Too funny!
*BUMP*
Wow! A whole bunch of Liberals got mugged and started having some Conservative thoughts.
It also helps not having a Socialist in the White House. MAGA!
(I can’t even BEGIN to tell you how happy I am that I am no longer raising children in this world.)
That’ll make Hogg squeal like a pig!
[[cue the banjos]]
Posted #34 before I read your #6. Exactly!
“...it prohibits people whose primary job is classroom teacher form participating”
I was a college teacher for over 30 years, and, trust me, this is probably a good idea. Maybe 10-20% were OK, but most of the instructors were not dependable and upwards of 20% were occasionally unstable.
In the cases of school shooting after school shooting, the police non-response is evident... In every school shooting over the past 20-years the waste of taxpayers money by paying police salaries has been clear...
David Hogg could not be found for rebuttal.
Last seen on his bicycle racing out of town.
Their benighted souls need the epiphany; a bit of wisdom awaits their surviving it.
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