As student protesters demand gun control, the legislature advanced a bill to allow teachers and other school employees to carry concealed weapons on campus.
“These bills are about rhetoric and distraction—they’re not about solutions,” Rob Wilcox, federal legal director at Everytown for Gun Safety,. “If you were to introduce guns into schools, not only is it ineffective, but you’re introducing more risk.
How will guns be stored? How will folks be trained? When will guns be used? How do you ensure kids won’t get access to them? How do you ensure a gun isn’t used in a tense situation at school? These are all critical questions about this type of legislation that never gets answered.
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