Massachusetts Leaders Say Gun Legal guidelines Forestall Faculty Shootings

We had a spirited dialogue on my Tuesday program about how you can make faculties on the SouthCoast safer from mass shooters. The dialogue centered round arming lecturers and different faculty workers, who’re licensed, educated, and prepared to defend their faculties ought to they arrive below hearth.

There has by no means been a consensus in favor of arming faculty workers once we’ve had these discussions, often proper after a faculty taking pictures, and Tuesday’s program was no completely different.

The vast majority of callers appear to assist steel detectors and armed safety officers within the faculties, however they continue to be hesitant about truly arming the lecturers.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has signed a invoice that provides native faculty districts the authority to resolve in the event that they wish to arm faculty lecturers.

In the meantime, Massachusetts officers appear targeted on gun management to avert a faculty taking pictures incident.

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy are forming a coalition of six to 10 governors to debate potential state and native options to the issue of mass faculty shootings. Hutchinson is the chair of the Nationwide Governor’s Affiliation, and Murphy is vice-chair.

The Affiliation has written a letter to President Biden to tell him of its plans.

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker instructed State Home News Service he plans to contact Hutchinson.

“I’ve talked to him earlier than about gun management right here within the commonwealth and the character of loads of the laws that is been handed over the past 10 or 15 years,” Baker stated.

Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka stated different states must undertake some gun legal guidelines enacted in Massachusetts to handle faculty shootings.

“All of us could be a hell of lots safer and our youngsters could be safer if the opposite states did that,” Spilka instructed the SHNS.

It seems as if some Massachusetts politicians consider stricter gun legal guidelines will stop faculty shootings, whereas lots of my listeners suppose tighter faculty safety ought to be the precedence.

I’ve invited Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson and New Bedford Police Officer and Faculty Committeeman Chris Cotter to weigh in however haven’t but obtained a response from both.

I’ll embrace any remarks I obtain from them in an replace to this text.

What do you suppose would preserve extra Massachusetts faculties secure from mass shootings, extra gun legal guidelines or tighter faculty safety?