Bill would allow secret armed school ‘marshals’
By Josh Richman
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 at 5:34 pm in Assembly, gun control.
With Assembly Democrats having proposed a slew of new gun control legislation in the wake of last month’s horrific school massacre in Connecticut, Assembly Republicans are about to roll out a gun-violence plan of their own: Arming teachers or other school employees in secret.
Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Hesperia, is holding a news conference tomorrow morning at the State Capitol to announce the introduction of “the School Marshal Plan” to protect children from violent intruders in the classroom.
“This measure authorizes school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to use general purpose funds to provide training to qualified, volunteer teachers, administrators, or janitors who are willing to carry firearms on campus as part of the school marshal plan,” the news release says.
“In light of recent tragedies involving violent intruders in our classrooms, we have a moral imperative to protect the children in our schools. We must do so without abandoning our oath and duty to safeguard the Constitutional rights of every Californian,” the release says. “This bill will empower local school districts to protect the lives entrusted to their care, and will protect the School Marshal from identification so they do not become targets.”
The bill’s original co-authors include Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield; Curt Hagman, R-Chino Hills; Diane Harkey, R-San Juan Capistrano; Brian Jones, R-Santee; and Don Wagner, R-Irvine.
Steven Colbert just last week was making fun of an Ohio school district that has chosen to let its janitors to carry guns.
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January 30th, 2013 at 9:06 am
[...] Arming teachers. A Southern California Assemblyman is expected to unveil a new proposal for countering gun violence in schools today: secretly arming teachers or other school officials. The bill by Hesperia Assemblyman Tim Donnelly is the Republican answer to a slew of gun control measures introduced by majority Democrats following the school shootings in New Town, Connecticut. Donnelly received a fine and probation last year after pleading no contest to trying to board a plane at Ontario Airport with a loaded handgun in his carry-on luggage. Contra Costa Times [...]
January 30th, 2013 at 10:16 am
Sign me up!
January 30th, 2013 at 11:41 am
Shoot to kill psychos, shoot to maim molesters. Hire Mr Zimmerman, former Fla. security expert.
January 30th, 2013 at 12:15 pm
Re: RR Senile Columnist — “…Hire Mr. Zimmerman…”
Great idea. Replaces the inspirational theme of the movie, “Stand and Deliver” with the new theme of “Stand Your Ground.”
February 1st, 2013 at 2:32 pm
Well, if Steven Colbert made fun of it… end of discussion.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:39 pm
@5 – I fully understand that some see Colbert’s mockery as a solid reason to support the plan.
February 1st, 2013 at 3:20 pm
Colbert does Bill O’Reilly better than O’Reilly does.
A school custodian packing a Glock or AR15 would give pause to kids who litter and write on walls. But not sure it would do much to protect students and teachers from crazy people with guns.