2aguy
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- Jul 19, 2014
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Gun free zones are stupid, and they are getting people killed. Even this concept is short of what is needed but it is a start......Broward County is training armed school guards, and paying them to just guard schools.....
Now, the next step is to get rid of democrat, gun free school zones for law abiding citizens...then you will see school shootings end.
The Parkland Children will not like this idea..... but it is one step in the right direction...
Broward County training 'Guardians' to protect elementary schools
So the county is hiring and training dozens of “guardians” as substitutes. From the Miami Herald:
At the shouted command, they drew their 9mm Glock pistols and shot from the hip at close range. First with their right hands, then their lefts. They shot at multiple targets, then retreated to the shade at Markham Park to guzzle Powerade…
Not much is publicly known about the guardians, a cheaper and more accessible option to fulfill a new statewide mandate that requires putting an armed guard at every school and was set forth by the Florida Legislature after a former student shot and killed 17 people and wounded 17 more at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland on Feb. 14.
Their only job at schools is to secure the perimeter, not deal with disciplinary matters. Their uniforms and weapons, which are the 9mm Glocks that they practiced with, will be supplied by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. Their salaries range from about $25,000 to $32,000 a year…
The guardians — who have gone through background checks, drug tests, and psychological evaluations — will wrap up their training next week. Their preparation includes 12 additionally mandated hours of diversity training.
Below is a local news report showing the guardians (they’re the ones in yellow) undergoing firearms training.
What’s striking to me about this is that while several Parkland students have become media stars promoting gun control, what the state and Broward County are actually doing right now is gearing up to put armed guards on campuses.
That’s basically what the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre recommended we do more than five years ago, after the Newtown school shooting.
Now, the next step is to get rid of democrat, gun free school zones for law abiding citizens...then you will see school shootings end.
The Parkland Children will not like this idea..... but it is one step in the right direction...
Broward County training 'Guardians' to protect elementary schools
So the county is hiring and training dozens of “guardians” as substitutes. From the Miami Herald:
At the shouted command, they drew their 9mm Glock pistols and shot from the hip at close range. First with their right hands, then their lefts. They shot at multiple targets, then retreated to the shade at Markham Park to guzzle Powerade…
Not much is publicly known about the guardians, a cheaper and more accessible option to fulfill a new statewide mandate that requires putting an armed guard at every school and was set forth by the Florida Legislature after a former student shot and killed 17 people and wounded 17 more at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland on Feb. 14.
Their only job at schools is to secure the perimeter, not deal with disciplinary matters. Their uniforms and weapons, which are the 9mm Glocks that they practiced with, will be supplied by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. Their salaries range from about $25,000 to $32,000 a year…
The guardians — who have gone through background checks, drug tests, and psychological evaluations — will wrap up their training next week. Their preparation includes 12 additionally mandated hours of diversity training.
Below is a local news report showing the guardians (they’re the ones in yellow) undergoing firearms training.
What’s striking to me about this is that while several Parkland students have become media stars promoting gun control, what the state and Broward County are actually doing right now is gearing up to put armed guards on campuses.
That’s basically what the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre recommended we do more than five years ago, after the Newtown school shooting.
