Gov. Rick Scott (R) is pushing firearm confiscation orders and stands opposed to the suggestion that teachers should be armed for school safety.
CNN reports that Scott is pushing a âViolent Threat Restraining Order,â which are similar to Californiaâs Gun Violence Restraining Orders in that they a designed to secure court orders to confiscate firearms following a family memberâs complaint.
It is difficult to see how such ordersâdesigned to be triggered by family requestsâwould have been effective against Nikolas Cruz. After all, the family with which he was staying repeatedly called the police on him in November 2017 but refused to file charges when sheriffâs deputies arrived. A member of the family with which Cruz was staying explained away Cruzâs erratic behavior by saying he âhad been suffering significantly from the loss of his motherâ earlier in the month.
Scott is also pushing a bump stock ban, âtougher background checks,â more stringent rules against the mentally ill, and a ban on purchasing or possessing firearms by anyone âsubject to an injunction for protection against stalking, cyberstalking, dating violence, repeat violence, sexual violence, or domestic violence.
In other words, gun control, gun control, gun control.
And in the wake of the heinous school shooting in which students and unarmed, defenseless teachers were killed, Scott stands opposed to arming teachers for defense of themselves and their students. He said, âI think you need to have individuals that are trained, well-trained. My focus is let law enforcement do the keeping us safe and let teachers focus on teaching.â
Scott said this even though the law enforcement officer present on campus during the attack failed to confront Cruz. On February 22 ABC 13 reported that Broward County sheriffâs deputy Scott Peterson was on campus outside building 12 during the attack, but ânever went inâ after Cruz. Peterson resigned from sheriffâs office after his lack of action was uncovered.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News, the host of the Breitbart podcast Bullets with AWR Hawkins, and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: @AWRHawkins.
Source: Breitbart