Arkia Gordon, 17, a student at Leon High School, and Cynie Cory, a teacher at James S. Rickards High School, rally outside the Florida State Capitol in December to pressure lawmakers to strengthen the state's gun-control laws. By Katie Mettler Katie Mettler Reporter covering breaking news and features Email Bio Follow May 9 at 2:35 PM More than a year after the deadly shooting in Parkland, Fla.
The bill passed the state Senate in late April and the state House of Representatives last week, with elected officials voting largely along party lines. The program expansion came from recommendations made by a commission formed to investigate the Parkland shooting. Kaufman added: “Now, I’m scared for the next generation of students who will grow up afraid of gun violence in their schools, not just from a shooter, but from the guns that could be carried by their teachers.”
He cited concerns that a teacher may overreact and injure a student, then employ the state’s “stand your ground” defense.Jones’s concern was met with backlash from Republican lawmakers who accused him of calling teachers racist. FEA President @fedingram spoke with @craigmelvin this morning on @MSNBC about the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS and why arming teachers is the wrong conversation to be had at this moment. #MSDStrong @andrewsparfea @cgauronskas @NEAToday @AFTunion @rweingarten @Lily_NEA pic.twitter.com/HSjpgSl6ZL
How soon before student kills teacher with own gun or teacher kills student 'stand your ground' law . Welcome to the Republicans America.
So you can now legally take a life in school, but thrown in prison for 99 years for having an abortion. It seems the Redneck Religious Republicans want to convey America back to the 17th century.
Teacher: writing on board Student: throws paper at the teacher Teacher: who threw that? Class: giggling Teacher: cocks gun (Click! Click!) I said ... who threw that?
Knowing that teachers may be armed, who is going to be the first targeted in case of attacking. Will teachers be carrying the gun all times, covered or visible, or maybe inside a desk?
POTUS
in a way, this makes me nervous. Supposed a teacher has a really bad day? Then what? Not comfortable with this idea.
Will NEVER bring my kids there!
I am outraged at our stupid lawmakers, this is not what the Parkland kids were asking. Just wait for the uproar when a teacher accidentally shoots a student
It’s a choice, no one is forcing a teacher! It’s the law that I can ABORT A CHILD but I’m not forced to kill a baby!
Good. These shooters like going to places that can't shoot back. I'm sure that this is going to be a deterrent.
Eugene_Scott
Good it's about time!
wonder if that will make a difference! YES or NO ?
I thank god my children are grown. And while I'd love to be a grandmother, I totally understand that they choose not to have children in this age. Thank you GOP!
👎👎👎 they need school supplies and lunches. More gun control period end of sentence. Who gets sued when teacher shoots a kid?
Ah Florida man. He's infiltrated their government now.
A big disappointing mistake
Sad to see our country in this state. Almost more than I can believe.
Does every one feel comforted in knowing teachers can now carry guns? Will this make Florida safer? Who believes this to be the solution?
Since the sherriff's wont go in....I guess this.
Lock all the doors have security check points.
I believe I would move my family out of Florida. It's become the wild, wild west.
BoSnerdley Finally, common sense solutions. Watch the shootings go down in Fl
You are not required to carry
There will be double killing.
with training & psychological evaluation please ! safetyNet.
What a tragedy is to get to a point that a teacher has to carry a gun to a classroom around kids. All to protect a company and donations to politics.
Even in Colorado the military veteran sheriff department trained private security guard ended up shooting a student. But ok, fine, kids will die by the teachers’ hands. And then who will we arm next? Do handguns come in toddler sizes?
no es bueno por que abran encuentros entre alumnus y profesores hay q pensarlo mucho.🤔🤔
And start a civil war? What’s happening!!
Good.
Horrible law!! Teachers are not police! They teach, and care for our children 5 days a week. Nurturing, praising, and watching them grow. Just like a parent. This law puts them in situation where they could shoot one of their students. Horrible for them & families!
😡wrong
Good! Maybe killers will think twice. So weird how liberals won’t protect unborn kids or kids of school age. Liberals are some screwed up people 😂
What happens if one day a teacher gets pissed at a student and decides to retaliate? This is beyond stupid.
Where does this end?
Do we go one full year without a white teacher shooting a black student? I say no.
Stupidest thing ever
Appalling.
What good will that do I can see 'accidental' shootings galore.
Eight weeks before some fool teacher with a gun who shouldn’t have a gun shoots a student. A very bad policy.
About time.
Does this include black teachers or just the white ones?
Good. Someone needs to protect our children from the hate of the Democrats. It isn't a coincidence that almost every mass shooter is a leftist.
one step forward two steps backward.
Good! Common sense prevails
If you can't teach, shoot. 'Now kids, this is a bullet, put it into the chamber and pull the trigger. It goes bang and kills a bad guy or one of your friends, or a cop, or a teacher or a first responder or get ourselves killed. And that is why we carry guns in school'. Questions?
Hmmm, an action that may result in the loss of life for more Floridians. This is a bad thing, yeah?
Crazy
Awesome! Our kids will be much safer there
That’s messed up.
I really think we should seriously study the ways other countries have handled their gun problems. NOT THE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BANNED GUNS, but the countries where their citizens still have any gun they want & have no school shootings! There's a CONSTITUTIONAL way to handle guns!
I agree something needs to be done about all these school shootings. Children shouldn't have to be afraid to go to school. But when you INFRINGE on the rights of Legal gun owners, all you do is make it easier for UNLAWFUL gun owners to be the only ones with the guns.
And then start firing back and forth at each other and at the students as they aim, in an emergency for the shooter.
This is such a monumentally stupid idea. I'm not rooting for it to backfire, but it's going to. And it's going to be horrible.
This is an NRA sales gimmick. It won’t do a thing to stop school shootings.
So the next kid to get blown away may very well be from friendly fire. Great.
So when the bad guy w/a gun shoots the teacher first he becomes a bad guy with two guns. Way to go Florida, you idiots! TeachersArentSWAT
Thank GOD my kids don’t go to school in Florida.
Teaching the teachers to shoot straight, a bit like the Alamo!
IAmATeacherNotASwatTeam
Ugggggggh!
cents5818 So so wrong
Wow... This thread really shows the illogical thinking average person. Super scary.
They are the 15th state to allow it Some have allowed it for over 10 years When the alternative is hide in the corner and throw erasers I would rather have my kids teachers armed
Teachers ought to defend their students at all cost. Hee Haw!!!!!!
About time. More states need to follow this great example
People are so scared of guns that they don't realize it's the SICK PEOPLE behind the guns that do the killing. That's why we need GOOD PEOPLE with guns to stop them in their tracks.
Many black children getting shot down; this America!
Teachers do not need to carry guns. This is a set up for disaster
Making students less safe. Traumatizing children and teens.
Oh goody. Now I can get shot for not answering that question correctly.
Yeah, that will help
This will not end well.
About time! One security guard is not going to be able to stop a mass shooter.
Only responsible teachers, these teachers with their signs objecting to it are not responsible people.
Love it
repulsive
realDonaldTrump
GovRonDeSantis so many people around the country and world laughiyat the stupidity that is Florida. I used to be happy that moved here now I’ll looking to move. Republicans in Florida are ruining this beautiful state, ruining the Everglades, voter suppression,ruining reefs,etc.
This can’t end well....
I can't imagine anyone of my teachers as a kid being stable enough to have guns in their desks...this is dangerous...
What could possibly go wrong?
VERY BAD IDEA!!!
Yay!!
Wrong
If pupils going to school see their teachers carrying guns in class and school on a daily basis what do you think would they behave as they grow up?
Really, really, really bad idea. Even worse that it is now law. The extremely rare situation in which this is helpful is swamped by the universe of things that could possibly go wrong.
The dark side keeps winning this is so freakin sad😩
So, will teachers be held liable if there is a shooter and the teacher is not armed or couldn’t take out the shooter? Will teachers be liable for shooting a student accidentally or on purpose? This is wrong on many levels.
Our country is the laughing stock of the world. Whose bright idea was this? Florida State is showing how backwards they are. This is about the dumbest thing I’ve heard in some time. We won’t even pay our teacher adequately, now we want them to take up arms. IDIOTS.
Only if they want to.
Note to teachers who choose to carry guns in class: almost all school mass murderers are White males. DO NOT “accidentally” shoot Black students, whose lives are now disproportionately threatened by this dangerous and stupid law.
morgfair Very trauma informed
Unless teachers are given military-level trading on how use a gun this will be a disaster.
Awesome. More guns will definitely in no possible way, lead to more accidental shootings, unstable teacher violence, dangerous kids getting a hold of them, etc. You know what would make beaches safer? More sharks.
If they don't pack heat, are they penalized? If they are not packing when a gunman enters their room and kills students, are they jailed? If their gun is stolen by a student who then shoots another, accidentally or not, is the teacher jailed?
Only in America!
Almost every person responding on here needs to check how many states already do this. We have teachers in my county who conceal carry. My secretary at work does. Theres no ok corral shootouts going on
So now you can send your kids to school to face angry, Heat-packing Teachers.
Any teacher willing to carry a gun to school should not be aloud to teach children under the age of twenty one.
Florida. Go figure.
OMG. Sad day in America.
I will never, ever visit that shithole state
Good.
You know this will end badly .... But it is Florida.... The wild west of modern era
I’m sure nothing can go wrong with this idea. 🙄
Eugene_Scott Only a matter of time when the first, 'I feared for my life' shooting takes place
Damn stupid, a student or teacher will get shot. Just waiting.
Florida, a state where people cannot figure out how to vote(chads), now a backward state and overly conservative .. sad and shame ..
Who didn’t do their homework? Put your hands over your head or else......
As a retired teacher of over 30 years I can only say....... God help the people of Florida!
The security guard at the STEM school shooting is now being investigated for friendly fire as apparently he shot at kids and the cops attempting to hit the suspect. What could possibly go wrong with putting that gun in the hands of teachers?
Great... The exact opposite of what anyone asked for. Again.
Fantastic. They can’t afford school supplies but sure, let’s go with guns
'I'm a teacher, not a SWAT team' Where is your sign that you're not their parent... Not 'Steve' from Jerry Springer... Are you Saying that u are not a protector of children left in your care and you refuse to use tools to protect them? Shame
Another way for the NRA to sell guns, how much NRA money is Florida's Govenor getting. KickBacks
No one wants teachers to carry guns. I live in Florida and I’m terrified of this dumb idea FloridaGOP better gun law. Ban AR-15s. Registration. No DV abusers allowed to have guns. Don’t plead DV abusers down. DV registry. Get your shut together Florida
How long before a student gets shot?
Weaponizing kindergarten teachers next? USA is on the wrong path! Something is rotten in the US! Start with NRA & Congress Republicans!
Good!
BoSnerdley That is the beginning of the end.
I was terrified of nearly all of my teachers from 1st grade to 6th so that some days I refused to attend school altogether. Had those teachers also been packing heat, I would have kindergarten math & science skills today.
usa: we had a gunshot at school bc of a floridian teacher :'( :'( the rest of the world:
You were happier when only school shooters were carrying guns, eh?
The first shootout between shooter and teachers will result in multiple more students killed by ‘friendly fire’. That will end this charade as quickly as it was signed.
What a disgusting tribute to Parkland students
More guns. Who’s stupid idea was that...the NRA work out a deal with somebody?
Thank God we're going to start protecting our kids like we protect our banks and our politicians and our celebrities.
Police who train regularly can’t hit the target under stress much less a lightly trained teacher.
That’s great. 👏👏👏
Sure, get more guns in the schools. How about just making sure zero get in there 🤔
On the bright side perhaps the number of republicans will decline? Parents should be really worried about this.
What in the wide world of white fear is this shit?! I swear the white business model in many respects of basically throwing the rock and hiding their hands, feigning that 'the others started it...' I fear the number of black students soon to be 'justifiably killed' in class...
Stupidity.
*waits on the story of the racist teacher who feels 'threatened' and kills a black student*
To all the black teachers, please note, you can now become collateral damage. I’m sorry. Be safe!
Only Florida God help us all.
“Look, that buildings on fire! Throw gasoline on it, that’ll help!”
Not sure this is a good idea. Hope they've had a lot of training.
Thanks GOP troglodytes in FL. Now we know who to blame when this goes horribly wrong.
BoSnerdley That’s great! It’s not only a deterrent, but will be the first line of defense. A lot of teachers already have conceal carry permits, and many are ex-military. This will have real impact on childrens safety, not more meaningless laws.
Dangerous situation. There will be tragedies. This should not have happened.
This is not a good thing.
Oh no! 😱😱😱😱😱
This is our State governments answer to problems with current gun laws.......make the teachers carry guns to shoot the bad guy. Our governmental bodies are so inept, lazy, incompetent, uncaring they won’t even pass legislation that might actually help resolve national disgrace
PTL!!!!
And who requires these teachers to get trained how to handle an active shooter scenario? They'll be shooting each other. I would be VERY unhappy to have my child in class with an armed teacher.
The day a FL teacher gets so mad and shoots the punk who always disrespected and disruptive in class, this gun nut stupid idea will show why it is not a good idea.
Pretty sure there won't be shooters picking Florida schools now pretty sure they will stick to NYC and California now where they keep carpentry tools and hockey pucks to take to a gun fight. Better hope the shooter was never a hockey goalie in those states
BoSnerdley Provided the school district allows it and the teacher has to complete 140 hours of training.
A stupid & potentially dangerous law.
Think about the worst and most incompetent teachers you ever had in school. Now think about them with a gun.
Just disgusting, our teacher are there to teach our children not carry guns, this is a disaster waiting to happen. We need stricter gun control, gun laws and gun owner accountability in Florida. More guns in our schools is not the answer it adds to the problem.
The lede should've been 'Florida sucks:...'
Maybe we should have the ice caps melt to flood the whole damn state. Lol
“Do your homework or I’ll shoot” ‘Merica
Thank goodness. Protect those kids please.
Right now locally teachers are walking out and protesting their rights & responsibilities coach fired after breaking up fight of a child claiming to have a knife now teachers said they won’t step in the will watch call for help but not physically get involved. Idk if I blame them
Hypothetical - Shooter walks into a school and kills 2 students. Teacher walks out of classroom into hallway and fires at the shooter but misses and kills 8 students because he/she is panicked and just rapid fires. Who’s at fault?
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A terrible idea!
What type of guns? Are they getting training? Licensed? Required to carry or can they opt out? Must be on their person at all times? Take home or leave at school daily? Taxpayer paid guns & bullets? Madness.
But 🤔can they TEACH 🤷♂️
It seems as if we brought the war in Afghanistan and Iraq home. Soon our schools will teach course on how to disarm an ied.
Is anyone forcing them to carry a gun
It seems to me that those most eager to carry guns in school are probably the ones we should be most concerned about.
Prescription for disaster!
Another state to boycott. jfc BoycottFlorida
Homeschool your kids in Florida
Step a side and let the MEN handle this!
ABSURD. Arming teachers rather than passing legislation that restricts the use of handguns and military assault rifles to law enforcement and the military, and precludes NRA reliance on 1791 rules necessitated by laws found insufficient to restrain violence and oppression?
I give it a month before one is accidentally fired in a school.
Soon it will be bus drivers, crossing guards and fast food employees. What a wonderful country.
Floridians think they are not part of the stupid south. Wrong!
Again Florida goes off the rails
that is the craziest shit I have heard lately ...I am a retired teacher...no way would I teach in FLA ...i would not want a teacher armed in MY building...leave the guns to law enforcement
Next year in Florida: everyone must carry a loaded gun from age 4 and up. Gotta make this fair.
Nice!!! If you don’t want to protect yourself and students you don’t have to, but great job for Florida to legally allow brave teachers to protect themselves and their students 🙌
Yeah it's about time. Teacher has the right to self protection too
What could go wrong?
So those that aren't swat teams don't have to carry guns. Someone certainly has to protect America's children. I would hope the next time this happens there is a courageous teacher who is PACKING A GUN AND KNOWS HOW TO USE IT INSTEAD OF OUR CHILDREN BEING SHOT TRYING TO STOP IT
So a teacher can carry a gun in a middle school but you can’t get anywhere near a Trump rally with a gun?
So the next school shooter won’t even have to bring his own gun. Well done, Floridumb!
Good!
Oh good..that is until someone goes off and they happen to be a teacher! Then what? Have students carry guns?
Of course this is not enough: schools need a choke-point of entry a shooter can't get past. Schools need metal-detectors. Even a plastic gun needs METAL bullets.
finally commonsensegunlaws !! You must HAVE a gun AT THE READY to STOP A SHOOTER in a safe amount of time. Beginning. End. Period. listentothekids
Home schooling is going to become more popular.
Great work ignoring the tremendous downsides
Idiotic.
Great news this is the first step in ending school shootings. It is about time some state tacks action gope to see more states going along with it.
So damn stupid.
Just wait till we have the data, because unfortunately we will. School shootings will reduce in Florida AND be less fatal relative to the rest of the country. Also, Florida is the biggest victim of this shit, the state vote for it, it’s America. That’s how it works
Good move!
Why is Florida so regressive?
Good.
What a back ass NRA solution the Florida Republicans came up with that will not protect our kids. Just hope their are no accidental discharges in the the classroom.
I wonder what happens when a teacher’s gun is stolen and used by a student?
More guns = more gun violence, more gun accidents, more gun suicide, more gun money for the gun lobby to give to republicans...
Disgraceful! We deteriorate as a race daily; stupidity has no limits.
Good. Finally an adult approach to this
More black children will be shot now ... if ONE white racist person feels any degree of “fear”. 😐
Good.
Shooters beware.
We have the stupidest laws. Guns,abortion , drinking age. Free country my ass.
More dead kids?
MORE AMERICAN STUPIDITY
Train them well my friends... 1. Basic firearm history, intro, law, liability 2. Safety! 3. Basic equipment familiarization-weapon selection 4. Range intro-handling 5. Basic course of fire 6. Intermediate course 7. Advanced course 8. CQB, live fire drill 9. Medical-Evacuation
Time to move out of Florida
Everyone else in the state already has concealed carry permits so it’s not as big a deal as you think.
Here is how America works. You can’t abort it in GA or AL, but totally ok to shoot it after it’s born as long as it’s in a school. Got it.
Totally missing the point.
If they don’t want to carry, don’t.
All of states, FLORIDA? Can’t wait for the first “armed teacher shoots unarmed kid” story! FloridaMan
This is dumb
I hope this will shake many parents from their obliviousness.
Are Americans aware that hardly anywhere in the world do schools have metal detectors at entrances, gun violence in schools, mass shootings, assault rifles etc & yes they do have much less guns in their countries. What if a teacher has a bad day and goes bonkers? This is absurd
Now we wait and see how long it will take for just one teacher to flip out and start killing kids or a police officer to mistake a teacher for a shooter. Dumbest thing ever passed! Just think about this..that rare teacher who molest a child now has a gun to threaten that student.
So if a crazy guy wants a gun to shoot up a school, he robs a teacher of the gun, shoots the teacher and then a few kids instead just bringing a gun and shooting everyone. Yah, that makes sense
One monumental mistake signed into law. 😱
am so glad i’m no longer teaching in florida
FLLegislature .... take out the teacher first. Student can take gun from teacher. Gun can fire accidentally. Police can mistake teacher for shooter. Do the will of the voters, not the NRA.
I would leave Florida immediately.
BOYCOTTE FLORIDA ! THAT INSANE GHOUL GOV IS DESTROYING FLORIDA ! It’s gotten as bad as Texas ! I will never vacation there or retire there . STAY AWAY ! TO DANGEROUS
All the idiots are against it, until there's a shooting, and the teacher packing saves lives. Why should the criminals be the only ones armed. It's about time!
About time
FLLegislature This has nothing to do with protecting children or teachers. This was done to get a pat on the head and money from the NRA. Shame on you for not taking meaningful action. If someone comes in with an assault weapon, they can...1/2
It's only a matter of time before some underpaid, overworked teacher snaps on a dickish brat in their class. Perhaps racism is involved, maybe it's just pure stress. And they get away with it because of the dumbass Stand Your Ground law.
Magnetometers, physical security, and controlled access are more effective than endlessly arguing about gun control! It works at the airport and every State and Federal building in the country. But NO! It's time for more private and home schooling and less institutional madness!
Well if any state was going to do it....
This law will be neutered if parents refuse to send their children to a school where they know a teacher or staffer is packing. Parents do have rights.
Can parents carry too when they come for PTA meetings?
The GOP response to school shootings is to arm teachers with a gun, The height of cognitive dissonance or willful ignorance bar none. This answer by these paid mercenaries by the NRA, came as no surprise, Proves, if Republi-cons took a literacy test, they’d win the booby prize.
😯😮
Batshit crazy.
And police will identify them as teachers after they have been killed during the chaos. Man have we been duped by the NRA. No common sense by trump admin
this is so wrong for so many reasons! what if a student gets hold of the gun? what if the teacher goes off the deep end? how many teachers can handle this? I was a teacher, I would not want to have a gun. we had enough trouble with the piñata bat I had
So completely stupid. First set gun ownership at 21. Then the owner is out of high school where probably these impulses to cause fear and display power for hurt felt reasons are gone. First step.
Next the nra and supporters will urge the arming of the students. The madness must end.
And it’s also a fact: most teachers and students don’t like this law. It’s a crises in the making.
Good.
This isn’t going to end well.
Scary isn't it! Good thing each school district gets to choose whether to make this policy or not. Several countries have already said NO!
That's right Give the underpaid, stressed out, ready to crack teachers weapons What could go wrong
Having any Teacher carrying a Gun into any school is a very big mistake what happens if a Teacher goes off the deep end and pull's to weapon on a student just because they pushed the Teacher's button's what does the school system do then this is something that needs answered.
It’s not the gun! Find out what makes kids need to bring a gun to school to kill others? Take control of them or we losing them morally because of lack of discipline? In high school they become men! In elementary school, they form their thoughts! Kids do not raise themselves?
That ought to keep kids from acting up in class....
Can we just fire DeSantis out of a cannon into the Florida sunshine already?
Which sign would you rather stand behind?
We’ve tried gun-free zones and that clearly doesn’t work. Maybe allowing qualified people to defend themselves and others will be a deterrent. We have to apply more potential solutions to see what will be effective
One state actually cares about students' lives. Great job Florida! 🇺🇸
RellDMC Good for them
it seems that democracy has reached the American schools ✊️😂 teachers can carry weapons! ... guys, what's wrong with you?
Russia is loving this idiocy.
It's a sad day when the introduction of guns in the classroom is supposed to be a solution to guns in the classroom... Does coming sense still exist in the world of politics?
gupdiver I see a good amount of hasty, negative comments here. I'm wondering A. How many of these people are teachers? B. How many of them feel competent with a firearm? C. Why they seem to think teachers will shoot students? Data? D. Why they don't mention it's concealed carry?
Another reason I’ll never move to Florida. Just wait till one of these is fired in error & a child dies.
I somehow don't understand the hate in the comments. How insane have you to be if you are annoyed that you are able to do something in a free country? If you don't want to touch a gun don't do it. If you don't trust the teacher, why do you even send your kids into class?
We can’t stop our teachers from fucking our students. Do we really think we can stop them from shooting them?
You CAN. Not you HAVE TO. Big difference. Hurray FREEDOM!! 🇺🇸
Education Job Fair in Florida.
People determined to hurt people will do that. By gun, car, bomb, fire bombs, whatever. Also anyone who has MONEY will always be able to get a gun. Dems trying to steal our 2nd Amend rights is just like Socialist! Socialist disarming like Venezuela, Citizens can't fight back!
ImpeachmentHearingsNow
This is a choice that will create major accidents!
So now you just put the guns in hands of the assaulters cuz they don't have to bring their own you don't think for one minute a 15 or 16 yo boy or girl could overpower a teacher and get their gun obviously if it's locked up in a drawer how soon are you going to be able to defend
S-hole state. Secede.
Can’t wait for the first ‘accidental’ shooting.
Why don’t they just put up some gun free zone signs?
So wrong. In every level, just so wrong.
Who wants to go to school now? With gunfire drills too?! Our poor children. 💜
We can start expecting to see the term “Florida man” replaced with “Florida teacher” when reading about stupid gun mishaps. Hoping no children are harmed in the process...
Finally some common sense
Florida man (insert needless gun tragedy)
So when the 1st grade teacher wears a mini skirt with a gun strapped to her ankle, who is responsible when a child gets ahold of the weapon?
Awesome. Got a problem with that?
Good. See, Gun Control laws don’t stop evil people wanting to do harm.
Why do all the illogical people live in Florida? Is it the hot weather or inbreed issue?
What could go wrong
Insanity
Good
PKelpe After the Gillum debate performance, ponder how the dead-from-the-neck-up contestant actually came to win the election? Was desantis victory also a put-in influenced result? InquiringMinds & all that rot
Good
Make sure bring your guns to the NRA or CPAC meeting.
Very sad day.
O/U: How many days until a teacher shoots a kid in Florida?
Jkr08dJackie Yeay, so now the gunman can have another weapon!
Nope. Cross this place off the list.
Someone is going to be killed by accident
Sorry to hear that ... imagine what happens in the recent shooting. It is obvious the shooter would have shot the teacher first.... trumphas nothing good but stupidity... sad for America
We have seen thru the years that Floridans will do anything.Guns in schools not the answer.They pass laws that negatively affect their citizens and elect an immature guy as Gov. Please think before you vote and elect people who has Everyone in mind. Two Trumps is two many.
So... what is the over/under on how long before a black teacher is shot by police who 'mistook' the teacher for the suspect?
Airik1717 What part of 'can' are people confused by? 'Can' is NOT compulsory. It means you may do something
We now wait for a white teacher to shoot a black kid.
How many days until the first teacher shoots someone?
Disgraceful. The first child killed by a teachers gun should start a violent riot that never ends.
It will be fine until the 1st accidental discharge in a classroom kills an elementary school kid. That parent should have the right to seek monetary retribution at the very least against those who voted for this asinine bill...
This could go terribly wrong
Good for them.
THE WASHINGTON PIMP I MEAN POST, WHAT A WONDERFUL THING THEY ARE DOING IN FLORIDA LETTING TEACHERS CARRY GUNS. NOW STUDENTS CAN BE PROTECTED IN SCHOOLS. I WOULD FILL SAFER IF MY CHILDREN WERE IN FLORIDA SCHOOLS.
County by county they can say no ...
Retired Fl teacher and gun owner here. I know my peers and this is a bad idea that will kill more than it saves.
With Stand Your Ground law, there will be no more students of color arguing their cases with teachers. You will hear very soon that some Robles or Kesha or Tyrone was shot by a math teacher who felt threatened and stood his ground.
Oh Florida.....smh.
Oh dear! How fragile can be to go to school in Florida.
good
Eugene_Scott God help us all.
Are legislators allowed to carry guns into the State Capitol?
Good.
The solution to too many guns will never be more guns. The example being provided to children is disgraceful. 😢
docrocktex26 So the NRA can ban guns from their conference, but it’s ok for guns to be in schools?
So...the solution for people killing people is more guns !!!
The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun
So, now teachers can intervene after someone shoots [only] a few kids... too bad we can’t find a way to prevent any innocent lives lost in school shootings.
How utterly stupid.
Why are people acting like teachers are REQUIRED to carry them?
Key word is “can” not “required “
ok, but what about children?
When the NRA wins children lose their lives.
CAN carry guns doesn’t mean HAVE to carry guns, correct?
It amazes me that a majority of Floridians came out against this, teachers and unions came out against this, yet it’s passed into law!? DeSantis has lost me on this issue...
This is horrifying....
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN BY ABOLISHING GUNS
no. no. no.
Another reason to never live in Florida
Black teachers will die, being assumed gunmen!!
Better complete your homework now!
First romantic triangle gone bad oughta illuminate this stupidity!
America’s answer to gun violence has always been more guns. But there’s still gun violence. Maybe it’s time to try something else
Yet Abortion is 1 on making sure lives don’t get taken. Yet so many have been taken due to a bullet!
Black children will die.
Hard to believe this is the 21st century.
docrocktex26 Think about all the racist teachers in school. They are actually putting targets on children of color on purpose with this law. We all know this is the reason for the law.
Good. No one is forcing them to carry a gun, it is only for those who are comfortable carrying.
This nation grows more demented by the day.
Yes! Cause this will solve sooooo much problems 🙄🙄 BAN GUNS!
Get ready for Florida teacher headlines to be up 1000 percent
Paid for by the lobby that wants people to buy more guns
Too many people think they're John Wayne however in reality:
What happened to “but mental health”?
Teacher: hand in your assignment. Student: I, I didn’t .... Teacher:
People are getting dumber by the day if they think this will solve a problem. It is just more opportunity for students and teachers alike to be injured or killed.
Here goes all the accidents and lawsuits.🙄
I can’t believe most of you commenting have kids in public school. I mean, if you think your teachers are that psycho that they’d have a bad day and shoot up their own class, you need to send kids somewhere else!
“Between June 12, 2016, (the Pulse mass shooting) to now, the state of Florida has experienced a total of 51 mass shootings. Of those incidents, 118 have died and 280 were injured.” You have taken a bad situation and made it worse GovRonDeSantis.
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Horrible...well done Florida (cue sarcasm)
Well since Trump isn’t doing shit about gun control I guess it has to come down to this. Trump is in the pocket of the NRA.
What’s next, handing out Kevlar vest to students? Let’s just keep putting bandaids on a problem instead of having realistic gun control laws across the whole country.
It would be Florida’s Ol stupid ass state
Good. If a teacher who carries wants to I’m all for it. Better to have a chance than to try and fit everyone in a closet!
Well this is one state I will never move to with my future kids
What could possibly go wrong 🙄
Reason 49,721 I’m glad I’ll never live in Florida.
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docrocktex26 Countdown starts until the first pupil is accidentally shot by the teacher.
I'll go on the record and say, you will not see another school mass shooting in Florida
Thank you for your service
Is 0.455 permitted
Excellent
Nice, Colorado here we go!!!!!!
Hope they also carry insurance!
Disgusting
Awesome
Do you know how hard it is to teach when students know there is a spider in the classroom?
Awesome! There is no way in hell a shooter would go into one of those schools not know who or how many teachers are armed. Theyll go elsewhere..... SaferKids
This will end well....
This is ludicrous. That’s not part of being an educator. Pay your teachers more and stop trying to get kids murdered you maniacs.
After a scourge of shootings, including Parkland, they actually made it worse.
So good
Will the lawmakers and teacher that wrongfully kills an innocent child be held criminally responsible when that inevitably happens?
Exactly what the Parkland teens were fighting for. Nice job not listening to future voters.
I don’t know a teacher who wants to be a cop so let’s have cops be teachers that would be more effective
I doubt any teacher has been consulted or been asked for their opinion of this new law.
I give it eight weeks before someone ruins a life, or two.
This is gonna go bad real quick bc as a life long teacher it has taken me an entire career to know the nuances of conflict when im submerged in teaching curriculum.
Do not send your kids there. Plus the have that stupid stand your ground law.
Good luck Florida in your teacher recruitment efforts!
Black parents be WARNED.
Fight fire with fire? Like the Metallica song!!!!
Happiness is a warm gun.
This is absolutely ridiculous. All parents need to go to the 2020 ejections with one thing in mind... vote NO to all pro NRA politicians
Florida has just added to gun violence.
What a waste.
Great Job
FFS. America loves is guns far, far, far more than its children. GunReformNOW SenKamalaHarris ewarren
This is what happens when Government can’t or refuses to protect our children. No one knows if this move will help or exacerbate the issue. But it’s something versus nothing.
Having a child in the Florida school system, I am beyond frightened. Thanks RonDeSantisFL for padding the NRA's pockets.
Everyone can in Florida! It’s the Wild West down there (but really South East)
Art Teacher
It’s up to each counties school districts to decide if they want to adopt it or not. So far most, including mine (Pasco) are not doing it. I sure hope they continue to feel that way because I’m ready to fight and pull my kids out if they change their minds
until she pulls the choppa on a kid who didn't turn in their homework
Good.
Oh, Florida.
RonDeSantisFL FloridaGOP The blood of every person hurt or killed at schools in FL because of this law is on your hands. All the gun training in the world won’t cure the deceitful hearts of man.
Bad idea.
Bad, bad, bad!
Recipe for desastre! 😡 Florida politics is owned by NRA! Disturbing! Disgusting!
Florida should be the safest state to go to school now. Let’s see how many children are sacrificed for this sick experiment. How many unattended guns are found. How many guns are accidentally discharged. How many teachers are disarmed. How many [more] killings there will be. 🤷🏻♂️
Ridiculous. Way to shape (brainwash) the minds a whole new generation.
What could go wrong ? A nightmare in the making
Police fire arms trainers will tell you ' some cops just aren't that good with their firearms.' Now they arm teachers? Stay away from florida schools people.
Floridiots!
Sadly, I don’t think that will turn out to be a good idea
teachers are now allowed to protect students and themselves? It's about time.....
Build that wall! (Around red states)
OMG😕 you can only pray now...
What could go wrong!
America has an epidemic of gun violence because it has an epidemic of guns. It’s basic math. Proliferation of germs cause increased disease; proliferation of guns cause increased casualties. US ANNUAL gun casualties exceed 50% of ENTIRE US Vietnam War deaths (39K vs 59K).
Great, carry a gun with little children around, the way you stop these killings is to have the Police in the front of the school, they’ll know helpless people aren’t just standing to be swiped. Lot cheaper!
Perhaps a new lottery is in order: Can we guess how long it will take before a teacher's gun is used to shoot some kids?
So who gets sued when a kid gets hold of the teacher's gun & shoots someone or themselves? The teacher or the school district? 🤔
So teachers with no training on how to take down an active shooter in an environment literally FILLED with children are suppose to quickly and efficiently (not shoot a student) prevent mass shootings, sometimes with multiple assailants. Sounds like a teaching job to me...🤦🏻♂️
How backwards! getting back to the wild west
Ever notice how Islamic terrorists, white supremisist nut jobs and disaffected high school mental defectives don’t pick shooting targets where they expect others to shoot back. Good call Florida
Start the clock for how long it takes for something tragic to happen due to the presence of more guns in school.
Black children BEWARE!
Florida teachers carry guns to school, and California teachers must pay for their own substitutes. This smells like a Betsy DeVos world
A disgrace
..and which lawmaker will be held accountable when the first child dies of an 'accidental' shooting?
Counting down until the first firearms accident happens in a Florida school.
Something wrong is about to happen
About time.
Thank God. Florida has some common sense. It should be a right to be able to protect yourself no matter where you are. Especially a school.
WhigsnTwigs Good
This is not going to end well.
Um. Has anyone checked Texas?
This is idiotic and dangerous. Educators are some of the most stressed professionals in our country, and now they can bring guns to school with children?!
Oh ffs...we’ve entered a whole new era of Florida Man
Giving teachers guns rather than giving them raises won’t make our kids smarter and more safe!
Why are all the warm places in the US either insanely expensive or just insane? Starting to think I’ll be shoveling snow here in VT til the day I die.
You see, Republicans ARE pro abortion. Just really really ridiculously late term abortion via bullet murder.
What could possibly go wrong in that scenario!!
O how did that workout for airline pilots? Anymore high jackings
RonDeSantisFL will insure these armed teachers?
Yay! Now they need compulsory Bible edukashun and Republican indoctrination class taught by Sean Hannity.
What will happen the day a student wrestle the gun out of the teacher's hand...? This is just absolutely crazy...
Outrageous - what could possibly go wrong?...
Better to be armed during a school shooting than unarmed.
What a dark period in US history. No effort made to solve the root of real problems. Only bandaids with no adhesive.
They will regret this
So the GOP can pass responsibility *and blame* onto teachers. It's not their job!
Shithole state
This was inevitable. There isn't a Republican politician in Florida not in the pay of the NRA
Insane
Good!
Pitiful
Florida is a mess.
Idiots. Can’t summarize this law any better.
I'm sure the ObamaDeepState, who orchestrated the Parkland Massacre, are quite confused on how their idea of PRETENDING that MarchForOurLives was generated by the students at Parkland HS turned into teachers carrying guns at school. David Hogg's father is former F.B.I., fyi
very sad indeed!!!
New Florida Man news articles coming soon. Stay tuned.
FL, home of the Magabomber
Glad some one will be there to defend our schools since they refuse to install actual security measures
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