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RandySF

(57,655 posts)
Tue Apr 29, 2014, 01:22 AM Apr 2014

Flori-DUH House passes bill to allow guns in schools

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — The Florida House on Monday passed legislation that would allow trained officials to carry guns in schools, but with the matter stalled in the Senate, the bill may not become law this session.

The House bill, sponsored by Sarasota Republican Greg Steube, passed 71-44.

"We have inadvertently made schools ... a sterile target," said Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, who voted for the measure. "We are not safe when we create an environment where those who are deranged can go and do reckless damage."

The issue has been argued nationwide since school shootings at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary, Virginia Tech University, Columbine High School in Colorado and others. One side says armed officials are better equipped to handle emergency situations. The other argues that the presence of more guns in schools increases the odds of another incident.

http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Florida-House-passes-bill-to-allow-guns-in-schools-5435322.php

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Flori-DUH House passes bill to allow guns in schools (Original Post) RandySF Apr 2014 OP
............. trusty elf Apr 2014 #1
Georgia and Florida are twins. Think alike and act alike. mfcorey1 Apr 2014 #4
Holy shit....this part reads like The Onion: Cali_Democrat Apr 2014 #2
yeah guns. . .guns, guns, guns. Gun humpers are happy now. More guns! guns, guns, guns! Nanjing to Seoul Apr 2014 #3
Speaking of deranged and reckless..amazing statement. n/t Jefferson23 Apr 2014 #5
 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
2. Holy shit....this part reads like The Onion:
Tue Apr 29, 2014, 03:51 AM
Apr 2014
"We have inadvertently made schools ... a sterile target," said Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, who voted for the measure. "We are not safe when we create an environment where those who are deranged can go and do reckless damage."

Pathetic.
 

Nanjing to Seoul

(2,088 posts)
3. yeah guns. . .guns, guns, guns. Gun humpers are happy now. More guns! guns, guns, guns!
Tue Apr 29, 2014, 03:59 AM
Apr 2014

Nothing bad could possibly happen.

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