Florida lawmakers pass school safety bill
 

The Florida House on Wednesday passed legislation that would impose new restrictions on firearm sales and allow some teachers and staff to carry guns in school.

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act was spurred by the February 14 shooting in Parkland, Florida. The bill, which passed 67-50, now goes to Gov. Rick Scott. He has 15 days to sign it.

Scott also concerned about waiting period
Lawmakers debated various forms of the bill in the Senate and the House, in an effort to rush it into law before the end of the legislation session on Friday. The final version includes the following measures:
- Raise the age to purchase a firearm to 21 from 18;
- Require a three-day waiting period for firearm purchases, with some exceptions;
- Ban the sale or possession of bump fire stocks, which allow a semiautomatic weapon to fire more like an automatic weapon;
- Give law enforcement more authority to seize weapons and ammunition from those deemed mentally unfit or otherwise a threat;

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just wait till the first teacher goes postal on kids that won't listen to them. I'm sorry arming teachers isn't a good idea cause they are some of the most overworked people that get underpaid.

Here is how I see it playing out.

One afternoon, a teacher hears a couple of loud pops from down the hallway that is crowded with students. They go to investigate and see a couple of kids that look like they might be fighting or rough housing then there is another pop and one of the kids has something shiny and silver in their hand. The teacher panics, pulls their gun, and shoots the kid. Kid is killed. Kid was innocent. He was just fucking around with his friends and the object is a cell phone.

Kid's family sues the school, the teacher, the school district, the city, the state, and anyone who had anything to do with deciding it was okay for that teacher to be armed at school. The school ends up paying millions, hurting the school because that money has to come from somewhere.

The longer lasting effect is that other people who might be talented and thinking about going into teaching decide to do something else, a job where their co-workers aren't armed and our already existing teacher shortage gets worse taking one problem and turning it into multiple problems.

If we want more armed people in the schools they should be police officers or trained people (like veterans) not teachers.

This is always very possible.

How ever. Lots of schools now days have ex soldiers working/teaching in them. Ex cops etc. So maybe just maybe they can or will limit to only people with a good bit of prior training. And then force them through more training per year.

hahahah What was I thinking.

Teachers are having sex with kids now get to carry a gun.

One of my best friends is a cop. They are supposed to go through something called con-sim training once per year. This is training where they use guns that fire little paint bullets and go through scenarios where deadly force could be used. They learn a lot in these things and it is considered very important training. They only do it every 3-4 years now because they simply don't have the money for it and can't get more to cover the cost.

If we aren't going to pay for the cops to get trained when it is their sole job to protect people, I have a feeling we won't be getting more training for teachers.

But, who knows, anything could happen. Like you, I don't have a lot of faith in this.