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FL: Senate panel Oks proposal to arm teachers
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In the aftermath of the massacre at a Parkland high school that took the lives of 17 students and teachers one year ago, a state Senate panel advanced a plan on Tuesday that would arm teachers at public schools in Florida.
The proposal (SPB 7030) was approved with a 5-3 vote along party lines.
The school guardian program (under the bill) came into formation in March of 2018, a month after one of the most deadly mass shootings in Florida’s history, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. With 17 dead, and 17 severely injured, the shooting caused a national uproar, as it was also the most deadly shooting at a high school in the United States. |
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The opponents' argument fails on its face. A suicidal shooter will not be stopped by entrance screening; he will merely begin by shooting the guards at the entrance, then advance into the school unimpeded.
The real reason for these fallacious arguments is a deep-seated fear of and hatred for guns and gun owners, and a willingness to sacrifice everyone's liberty to assuage that fear. |
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