Broward County Teachers Will Not Be Permitted To Carry

By Tom Knighton

The Parkland massacre was horrific, one that has and will color the behavior of schools in Broward County, Florida for ages to come. Many decisions will be made after considering the events at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing, either. So long as wise decisions are reached.

Unfortunately, it seems that wisdom isn’t happening. At least not yet.

In a robocall to parents, Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie addressed a recently passed state legislation allowing teachers to carry firearms.

Runcie said that, despite lawmakers voting in favor of the legislation on Wednesday, the district would not allow more classroom teachers to carry guns.

“We do not want to create a psychological impact on our children knowing their teachers have guns, nor create stress on our teachers as they deal with more non-instructional duties,” he said in the recording.

Runcie argued that arming faculty members will make schools less safe.

Really? How did unarmed teachers work out in the case of Parkland?

Seventeen people died. Teachers were unarmed and thus defenseless when a former maniac student walked into the building with an AR-15. Another 17 were injured.

All that might have been averted had even one teacher …Read the Rest

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