Shortly after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida this past February that left 17 dead, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was charged with creating a School Safety Commission. Well, as of two weeks ago, when another another 10 people were gunned down at a Santa Fe, Texas high school, and DeVos responded once again by […]
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said today that the White House’s school safety commission, which she chairs, will not look at the role of guns in school shootings
Posted in Civil Liberties, Education, Uncategorized Also tagged Betsy DeVos, evolution, gun control, gun violence, guns, public education, school safety, school shooting, threats to public education 10 Comments
The problem, according to the NRA: Not enough “good” guns in schools
A few days ago, after almost a full week of silence, the National Rifle Association (NRA) issued a press release addressing the December 14 mass murder in Connecticut, in which 26 lives were lost, including those of 20 six- and seven-year-olds. In their press release, the NRA promised that they were, “prepared to offer meaningful […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Observations, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged 1st amendment, 2nd amendment, American Federation of Teachers, Asa Hutchinson, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, Columbine, Connecticut, George Zimmerman, gun control, gun violence, guns in schools, mass murder, murdertainment, National Rifle Association, National School Shield Emergency Response Program, National School Shield Program, Neil Gardner, NRA, Randi Weingarten, Sandy Hook, school shooting, Trayvon Martin, Wayne LaPierre 38 Comments