Florida Senate Approves Measure To REALLY Keep Students Safe

By Tom Knighton

In the immediate aftermath of Parkland, the state legislature in Florida made some rather questionable moves. Most notably, a ban on anyone under the age of 21 to buy a long gun. It was not the finest moment for a state often called “The Gunshine State.”

However, people don’t think rationally in the midst of tragedy. They react, they don’t think. That’s how laws like that get passed in the first place, and it’s why gun control advocates want immediate action on gun control. They know if people think about it, they change their minds.

When the legislature down in Florida passed the measure, the thinking was that such a law would keep students safe. After all, Parkland was carried out by an 18-year-old who bought a long gun.

Now that they can think a bit more rationally, though, the same state senate that passed that ban has passed a measure that really will keep students safe.

The Florida Senate has approved an expansion to the school safety package originally passed following the Parkland Shooting.

A provision that would allow for teachers to be armed was kept in, to the disapproval of teachers unions and gun control advocates.

Following the Parkland shooting, lawmakers …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms