Category: How can we reduce gun violence?

“More guns” is not the answer to the question of how to stop the shootings

I definitely do NOT think the district should allow staff (including teachers) to carry guns into the school. NRA (and their advocates such as Board Members Carney and Joyce) are wrong to think more guns are the answer. Even Gualtieri in his presentation said arming staff will not prevent a child from getting shot. To keep guns out of the school is what is necessary. DCPS already has a number of prevention procedures that Parkland didn’t use. The school has its own police force that routinely checks to make sure school doors are locked so unauthorized people can’t enter. Gualtieri said in his city, the city’s police budget helps fund security for the schools. Would JSO fund metal detectors for every district-run and charter school? One thing Gualtieri emphasized was “see something, say something.” If you hear a student threatening, report it. Here’s the safety protocols for the district-run schools:

https://dcps.duvalschools.org/Page/23656

If your child attends a charter school, ask the charter school governing board for their safety protocols. Each charter school governing board can make its own decision about staff carrying guns into the schools. And if the charter school allows it and that bothers you, transfer your child out. District-run schools do have a uniformed officer, at every school, whose only job is school safety. The armed uniformed school safety officer needs extensive training to be able to properly react under pressure. I’d like the required training to be increased.

References:

Armed adults frequently mishandle their guns in schools. Keeping kids safe means keeping guns off K-12 campuses.

https://giffords.org/report/every-incident-of-mishandled-guns-in-schools/

The most effective physical security measures—the ones on which most experts agree—are access control measures that keep shooters out of schools in the first place.

https://everytownresearch.org/report/how-to-stop-shootings-and-gun-violence-in-schools/

Please repeal 776.032

I do hope that in the November 2018 election, Florida will turn the GOP controlled Florida Congress blue.   And I hope the new blue Florida Congress will make it a priority to overturn this law that was passed in 2017.

Here is the link to the bill that we want the new blue Florida Congress to repeal: 
 
When this law passed, defendants no longer had to present evidence to prove their claim of self-defense. That’s insane, isn’t it? This bill needs to be overturned.  This is a 2017 article before the law passed and was signed into law by Rick Scott:
 
You can check and see who voted yes on this awful bill at this link:
 
Quotes from this article:
The 2017 version of the “stand your ground” law shifts the burden of proof to the prosecution after the defendant has made a prima facie claim of justified use of force, and it requires that the state (prosecutors) meet this burden of proof with clear and convincing evidence,”