Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill allowing armed teachers in Florida

[TexasTowelie]

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed legislation that expands the controversial school “guardian” program to allow armed classroom teachers.

DeSantis’ office announced the signing shortly after 6 p.m. without ceremony or comments about the bill, which was widely backed by House and Senate Republicans and heavily opposed by gun-control activists, Democrats and some students who survived the mass shooting last year at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

The governor signed the bill (SB 7030) hours after it was sent to his desk.

Earlier in the week, DeSantis praised the Legislature for implementing “dozens of school safety recommendations” made by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission, noting the recommendations included expansion of the guardian program. The Legislature formed the commission last year to investigate the February 2018 shooting and recommend ways to make schools safer.

Read more: https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2019/05/08/gov-ron-desantis-signs-bill-allowing-armed-teachers/1147657001/

[comradebillyboy]

1. So where are the armed teachers and their schools going to get

liability insurance for the inevitable accidental killing of a student? The NRA's insurance program is in deep doodoo so I don't think tha's available.

[Irishxs]

2. As a retired Florida teacher (40 yrs Hillsborough County), I am so

sad about this. This feels like fixing the opiod problem by making opiods legal. It’s an accident looking for a place to happen.

[kimbutgar]

3. Watch more teacher leave the profession and class sizes of student increase to 40-50 students.

What family of children (outside of crazy fun humoers) want their children to attend school in Florida. Watch the youth vote explode in 2020. Vote out all repukes.

[Phoenix61]

4. Glad my job in a school ends this year

I definitely won’t be working on a campus as long as that craziness is going on.

[steve2470]

5. I want to hear the NRA and its apologists explain away when a teacher accidentally shoots a student

"We need to arm all the students", they will say. "An armed student is a safe student".... Just wait for it.

I really don't think many teachers are going to pack a gun, but I'm sure a minority will. Just a recipe for disaster.