for two basic reasons. competency and trust. when i was a marine, i trained 52 weeks a year to be combat ready. teachers don t have that luxury. i simply cannot train enough and teach full time to be combat ready. and the second one is trust. as a marine, i had complete trust in my chain of command. to have my back. no matter what happened in the line of duty. i don t trust the florida legislature or the florida governor to have my back in a crisis. do you think your fellow school teachers, if they were trained, it would help the school? would it keep the students safer? no, i don t believe it would. now, of course there may always be that one off situation where an armed individual can save a life, but for the majority of us, for the most, the majority, the large parts of students, i don t believe that arming teachers will make them significantly safer. if president trump wants to really help, if governor scott wants to help, give my school
blunt, had to say. no matter how much you train a civilian to do something like that, in a moment of crisis, self-preservation might take over. and some of us will put ourselves in the line of fire and some of us might not. that s why arming teachers is not a solution to this crisis. the solution is taking these kinds of weapons off the street. of course stephanie the real question here is whether there is the political will to restrict certain gun sales in the state of florida and of course really across the country. at this point, at least in the florida legislature, with about eight days left in the legislative session, it does not appear that a bill is going to emerge that can be voted on that would restrict any gun sales at all, stephanie. thanks, kerry. allowing teachers who are skilled to carry guns. let s remember, in 1981, president ronald reagan was surrounded by probably some of best marksman alive, extraordinary secret service detail, and he, in fact, was
students. i understand that we all want our students to be safe. we want our students to be successful. but we can t rob peter to pay paul and take away an educational program that helps children learn and be better prepared for the future in the hope of making them more safe. then given what the gun laws are today, do you feel safe in the classroom? it s a difficult question. i feel as safe as any teacher in bay county. i wish i felt safer. i am prepared. but i don t feel safe. what do you mean when you say you re prepared? do you do drills with them? the president said he doesn t like drills. what we don t practice, we will not execute in a tile me o crisis. my school has armed shooter drills. i personally attempt to drill every month in the room at least once a month on an unannounced basis to the kids. what i do not practice, i will not execute well. let me tell you, alexis, if i was in your class, i would feel