https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...achers-pleasing-the-NRA-and-gun-manufacturers
Gun manufacturers and their chief lobbying group, the NRA, will be pleased with at least one provision of a larger gun bill passed Wednesday by a Florida House panel: arming teachers. Any effort that sells more guns is always the answer gun manufacturers crave in response to just about any gun catastrophe—mass shootings, school slaughters, the election of a Democrat. And on Wednesday, despite the objections of most Parkland students and parents (and 56-40 percent opposition among Floridians), the Gunshine State's Republican lawmakers continued the march toward putting more guns in schools. The Tampa Bay Times writes:
"Voting along party lines, the House Appropriations Committee approved training teachers to carry guns in class under the direction of local law enforcement — if superintendents or school boards approve.The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a similar bill later Tuesday.
The $67 million "school marshal" program is the most controversial aspect of a House bill that imposes a three-day waiting period for gun purchases, raises the age to buy any gun from 18 to 21 and gives police more power to seize guns from people who threaten themselves or others. Most of the money for the marshal program would be spent on training. [...]
The bill also calls for spending $400 million to put a school resource officer in every school, improve mental health counseling and make public school buildings safer. [...]
A Democratic effort to strip the school marshal program failed on an 18-9 party-line vote."
Gun manufacturers and their chief lobbying group, the NRA, will be pleased with at least one provision of a larger gun bill passed Wednesday by a Florida House panel: arming teachers. Any effort that sells more guns is always the answer gun manufacturers crave in response to just about any gun catastrophe—mass shootings, school slaughters, the election of a Democrat. And on Wednesday, despite the objections of most Parkland students and parents (and 56-40 percent opposition among Floridians), the Gunshine State's Republican lawmakers continued the march toward putting more guns in schools. The Tampa Bay Times writes:
"Voting along party lines, the House Appropriations Committee approved training teachers to carry guns in class under the direction of local law enforcement — if superintendents or school boards approve.The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a similar bill later Tuesday.
The $67 million "school marshal" program is the most controversial aspect of a House bill that imposes a three-day waiting period for gun purchases, raises the age to buy any gun from 18 to 21 and gives police more power to seize guns from people who threaten themselves or others. Most of the money for the marshal program would be spent on training. [...]
The bill also calls for spending $400 million to put a school resource officer in every school, improve mental health counseling and make public school buildings safer. [...]
A Democratic effort to strip the school marshal program failed on an 18-9 party-line vote."
