The Trump administration on Monday announced the launch of a new Federal School Safety Clearinghouse website, as President Donald Trump met with families of the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting almost two years ago in Parkland, Fla. Almost immediately, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms announced […]
WA Lawmakers Could Learn from South Dakota, Florida
Washington State Democrats could learn a few things from their fellow legislators in South Dakota, and from a Florida panel created to investigate last year’s Parkland school shooting and provide recommendations on how to prevent or at least respond to future attacks. Lawmakers in South Dakota on Tuesday passed a bill that will allow residents […]
Parkland Dad Rips Incompetence, Not Guns for Massacre: Miami Herald
Wednesday’s Miami Herald carried a compelling story about the father of a slain Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School senior who blames “gutlessness” rather than guns, and amounts to a blistering indictment of official incompetence and Democrat exploitation. Reporter Glenn Garvin’s gripping, sometimes heart-wrenching profile of Andrew Pollack, who is moving away from the community where his […]
Gun Control not Solution to School Violence, says North
About midway during his interview on Fox News with Chris Wallace, incoming National Rifle Association President Oliver North uttered what were possibly the 15 most important words in the debate about school shootings. “You’re not going to fix it by taking away the rights of law-abiding citizens,” North, a retired Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel, observed. […]
Gallup: 18% of Teachers Willing to Carry Guns in Schools
A new Gallup survey revealed this week that 18 percent of America’s teachers would be willing to carry guns in school buildings, a fact that runs against the grain for a majority of educators, but might be typical of any group in which there is a small percentage of people who step forward for any […]
New York’s de Blasio Disses School Safety, Removes Armed Police
Less than one month after a school shooting in Florida, anti-gun New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has removed police officers from public schools in the Big Apple, leaving the safety of children to unarmed “school safety agents.” The New York Post quoted teacher Arthur Goldstein, who stated, “My colleagues think it’s outrageous — and […]