There are already highly qualified people working in many schools — ex-law enforcement, former military and even highly competent civilians — who will step up and volunteer to actively protect our most precious citizens. But still politicians refuse to do something that will actually stop an attack.
“On March 24 we will take to the streets of Washington, D.C., and our communities across the country,” a Feb. 18 Facebook post reads. “We will be the last group of students who have to stand up for fallen children due to senseless gun violence.”
Trump tweeted that teachers “and trusted people who work within a school” should receive a yearly bonus if they arm themselves.
Rubio said federal law currently discourages school systems from reporting dangerous students under the Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act. The PROMISE Act tries to shift the focus on troubled youths away from incarceration.
Not only is he playing politics with gun rights, he is the prime mover in creating an atmosphere of drug addiction that will lead to the very danger he preaches that he must do what he can to prevent.
A school board in Kentucky approved a preliminary plan that would allow teachers to carry concealed weapons in the classroom Monday.
Gov. Phil Scott has stated he is on board with the “do something” mantra for gun control and school safety in the wake of the recent mass shooting in Florida and a close call in Vermont. Much of his base is not.
The sheriff’s department “had a total of 23 calls for service involving Nikolas Cruz or his family,” Sheriff Israel said in a letter responding to Florida State Rep. Bill Hager’s call to remove Israel for neglect of duty and incompetence.
Are guns to blame, or is it mental illness that’s often overlooked? This is the reoccurring question that we as a nation ask ourselves when innocent children die in high school mass shootings.
Sen. James Lankford said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that at least three times as many crimes are committed with handguns than with rifles. Is that true?
Guns and more guns was the issue of the day as lawmakers and high school students alike gathered at the Statehouse Thursday to call for new gun restrictions in response to the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
President Donald Trump promised to review the policy that restricts guns on military bases during a speech Friday, eliciting applause from the audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C.