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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Mar 10, 2018, 11:32 PM Mar 2018

Trump to unveil gun plan that includes arming teachers: report

Source: The Hill




BY JOHN BOWDEN - 03/10/18 09:23 PM EST

President Trump plans to unveil a proposal on Sunday that would encourage school systems around the country to allow armed staff on school premises, The Wall Street Journal reports.

According to The Journal, the plan will signal the president's support for two bills currently in Congress as well as setting up a commission to identify grant money for school systems that find a way to issue concealed-carry permits to some staff members to help guard against school shootings.

The two bills currently being considered by Congress would improve the nation's background check system and authorize $50 million for school safety improvements. The plan does not address a number of issues supported by gun control advocates, including a ban on bump stocks or raising the minimum age required to purchase a rifle to 21.

The Justice Department, however, is considering a measure that would ban bump-stock weapons as part of an existing ban on machine guns, the Journal reported Saturday.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/377797-trump-to-unveil-gun-plan-that-includes-arming-teachers-report

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Trump to unveil gun plan that includes arming teachers: report (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2018 OP
OMFG!!!! Arming teachers will not make things safer! Initech Mar 2018 #1
pandering to gun humping morons Skittles Mar 2018 #2
President doesn't make the laws Corgigal Mar 2018 #3
Back to School night should be interesting. BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #4

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
3. President doesn't make the laws
Sun Mar 11, 2018, 12:25 AM
Mar 2018

So......

Don't tell his voters, then don't know. Besides they have armed staff, with handguns, doesn't work. 50 million, ain't shit.

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
4. Back to School night should be interesting.
Sun Mar 11, 2018, 04:01 AM
Mar 2018

Instead of telling the parents what the school year will be focusing on and what the curriculum will be teachers will be discussing gun safety in the classroom. Fun, fun. Are the future field trips going to be at a shooting range?

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