"It appears that the head of the Republican Party, President Trump, is now on board with red flag laws. A number of states have now enacted the legislation that strips the law abiding of their due process rights until after their guns have been grabbed.
A rash of bills have been introduced in various state legislatures such as Oregon’s SB 719, Florida’s SB 7026, Vermont’s S 221, and Road Island’s H7688. They all have passed – to thunderous applause – and more like them are apparently on their way and the President’s apparent approval will only speed the process."
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Who writes this nonsense? It’s Rhode Island.
The president’s
Federal Commission on School Safety said this week districts should arm trained personnel if they want to, cautioning there’s no “one-size-fits-all” solution to preventing school violence across America.
“The average duration of an active shooter incident at a school is under five minutes, so all of this horrible carnage takes place in a very short period of time,” President Trump said Tuesday. “That’s why it’s critical to have armed personnel available at a moment’s notice. These are people — teachers in many cases — that are the highest trained that you can get. People that are natural to firearms. People that know how to handle them.”
The recommendation comes from a
180-page report released by the commission Tuesday, 10 months after a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida left 17 dead and 17 wounded.
“There is no universal school safety plan that will work for every school across the country. Such a prescriptive approach by the federal government would be inappropriate, imprudent, and ineffective,” Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, chair of the commission, said in a letter Tuesday. “We focused instead on learning more about, and then raising awareness of, ideas that are already working for communities across the country.”
Lake Hamilton School District in Pearcy, Arkansas told the commission over the summer its program arming volunteer, trained personnel provides an extra layer of defense in buildings where police response may be up to 30 minutes away.
“While we are blessed to have excellent law enforcement officers … because of where we’re located, the last two sheriffs here in Garland County told me we could expect 20 to 30 minutes’ wait time if an active shooter situation happened on campus before an officer could be here,” Superintendent Steve Anderson said. “We’re not willing to take that chance. We need someone to protect our kids.”
Anderson’s comments came during one of the commission’s four field visits to districts across the country between May and August. The field visits, coupled with public meetings and discussions with experts in education, safety and mental health, helped shape nearly 150 recommendations contained within the report, Trump said.
The commission also suggested states consider Red Flag laws and supported programs in schools addressing cyber bullying, expanding support staff for students with mental health issues and encouraging reporting of suspicious behavior to improved law enforcement tip lines. Crucially, the commission said placing age restrictions on long gun sales would do little to prevent future shootings — angering education and gun control groups alike.
“The commission appears to punt on the question of arming teachers, rather than taking a strong stance against it, even though parents, students and teachers agree: Putting more guns in schools only risks making schools less safe,” said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. “But Betsy DeVos continually advocates for this lunacy. The report doesn’t recommend age restrictions on firearms and appears more concerned with the National Rifle Association and the school security industry than with the needs of the people in classrooms. ”
School Safety Commission recommends arming staff (VIDEO)
