Reminder: California law says school teachers can’t shoot back if attacked
There have been a number of recommendations resurface in the days since last week’s tragic shooting at a school in south Florida. Among them is the idea of having armed guards at schools. Since many schools in the nation have metal detectors at the entrance, the sight of an armed guard would be less jarring than it would have been before schools saw the necessity of heightened security.
Israel, for example, has taken the proposal a step further, providing weapons training to teachers and instituting frequent active shooter drills. Since 1974, the nation has witnessed only two school shootings, and both ended with teachers killing the gunmen.
And then there’s the so-called “Golden State.” In response to a recent decision by five school districts to allow teachers and staff with concealed carry permits to be armed on campus to defend themselves and their students, the Sharia-compliant sanctuary state of California passed a law last year that guarantees teachers cannot shoot back if they or their students come under attack at school.
AWR Hawkins of Breitbart News notes that Democratic Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, who introduced the bill, defended it on the grounds that “a safe learning environment is essential for our children to be successful in the classroom,” adding, “that’s not possible if a school district allows armed civilians to roam California school campuses.”
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It’s not possible either when a crazed gunman crashes his truck through the gates of an elementary school and begins spraying walls and classrooms with bullets. That’s what happened last November in the quiet northern California town of Rancho Tehama. Police responded to reports of gunfire, but in the ensuing battle five people were killed and ten were wounded, including one student. The other children were unharmed physically, though many no doubt carry emotional scars from the ordeal, in which they were told to take refuge under their desks.
Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill into law last October.
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