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Virginia Del. Bob Marshall Pushes
Legislation to Make Schools Safer
HB 1557 would put guns back in schools
There is one thing we know about horrific school shootings. Former FBI profiler and NBC analyst Clint Van Zandt said it over and over again on the day of the Newtown shooting. And it is this: Shooters choose venues, such as schools, where they know there are no guns.
So you wouldn’t think the solution to massacres in places like Newtown would be “rocket science.”
And, lo and behold, pro-gun Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall has introduced legislation to try to insure that tragedies such as Newtown never again occur in the state of Virginia.
Marshall’s legislation is simple: It would require school divisions to identify one teacher or administrator in each school to receive weapons training and be certified to carry a concealed weapon.
Is this the perfect solution? Probably not. GOA supports allowing any teacher or principal who is qualified to carry concealed to also carry at school. Gallup found last month that more Americans favor allowing school officials to carry guns than support restricting firearms.
But the Marshall bill is a step in the right direction toward insuring that the Adam Lanzas of the world cannot burst into a Virginia school, armed with the certainty that they will not meet with resistance.
ACTION: The bill will have hearings in the Mitiia, Police and Public Safety Subcommittee on Thursday, January 17, 2013, at 5:00 p.m., in the 4 West Conference Room.
If you can, please make plans to attend. In addition, contact your Delegate and ask him to support House Bill 1557, the School Protection bill.
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Virginia Del. Bob Marshall Pushes
Legislation to Make Schools Safer
HB 1557 would put guns back in schools
There is one thing we know about horrific school shootings. Former FBI profiler and NBC analyst Clint Van Zandt said it over and over again on the day of the Newtown shooting. And it is this: Shooters choose venues, such as schools, where they know there are no guns.
So you wouldn’t think the solution to massacres in places like Newtown would be “rocket science.”
And, lo and behold, pro-gun Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall has introduced legislation to try to insure that tragedies such as Newtown never again occur in the state of Virginia.
Marshall’s legislation is simple: It would require school divisions to identify one teacher or administrator in each school to receive weapons training and be certified to carry a concealed weapon.
Is this the perfect solution? Probably not. GOA supports allowing any teacher or principal who is qualified to carry concealed to also carry at school. Gallup found last month that more Americans favor allowing school officials to carry guns than support restricting firearms.
But the Marshall bill is a step in the right direction toward insuring that the Adam Lanzas of the world cannot burst into a Virginia school, armed with the certainty that they will not meet with resistance.
ACTION: The bill will have hearings in the Mitiia, Police and Public Safety Subcommittee on Thursday, January 17, 2013, at 5:00 p.m., in the 4 West Conference Room.
If you can, please make plans to attend. In addition, contact your Delegate and ask him to support House Bill 1557, the School Protection bill.
