The bill (SB 1048) would only
allow guns on campus after school hours, but Democratic Sens. Linda Stewart of Orlando and Gary Farmer of Lighthouse Point filed amendments to the bill to ban assault weapons and impose stricter background checks.
-- Florida Senate postpones gun bills: State senators postponed Wednesday a vote on a bill that would allow private schools connected to churches to
allow guns on campus.
Although Garcia's amendment was meant as a compromise, some Democrats rejected it, saying it still
allows guns on campus.
Not exact matches
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High will not
allow gun rights advocate Charlie Kirk to speak
on campus.
School districts will be
allowed to appoint staff members to carry
guns on campus, and any
gun owner caught carrying a firearm at an airport security checkpoint will be
allowed to keep his weapon with no penalty.
He also said that part of the motivations were for students — who are
allowed to carry
guns on campus and even in dorms — to be prepared in case of «active shooter» situations.
He is also an advocate of the Second Amendment,
allowing and encouraging students to carry
guns on campus following last year's attack in San Bernardino, California.
Everytown for Gun Safety, a group backed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has launched an ad campaign urging Georgia's Republican governor to veto legislation
allowing guns on college
campuses.
A day after 17 people were
gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Republican Sen. Greg Steube scheduled a hearing for a
gun bill he is co-sponsoring that would
allow school officials to designate certain people to carry concealed weapons
on campus.
On Thursday morning, Republican state Rep. Larry Pittman of Cabarrus County near Charlotte told other lawmakers that he recently met with a police officer who wants to talk with lawmakers about training school personnel and allowing them to carry guns on campu
On Thursday morning, Republican state Rep. Larry Pittman of Cabarrus County near Charlotte told other lawmakers that he recently met with a police officer who wants to talk with lawmakers about training school personnel and
allowing them to carry
guns on campu
on campus.
- Teachers who «exclusively perform classroom duties as classroom teachers» won't be
allowed to carry
guns on campus, unless they have military or law enforcement experience or if they teach a Junior Reserve Officers» Training Corps program;
Alabama Sen. Doug Jones (D) had harsh words for a bill proposed in Alabama state's legislature that would
allow teachers to carry
guns on school
campuses in response to the deadly school shooting last week in Florida.
-- Teachers who «exclusively perform classroom duties as classroom teachers» won't be
allowed to carry
guns on campus, unless they have military or law enforcement experience or if they teach a Junior Reserve Officers» Training Corps program;