if you re a police officer entering how do you know that s not the shooter, how do you know there s not multiple shooters. the response may be to get more school ids but what happens when you re in a scenario and you can t read the id because you re trying to make the decision of who s going to live. that s why we can t have guns in school. the answer is not more guns, that s what the nra wants us to believe. they want us to be afraid because the more we re scared, the more money they re going to get. are you ready to go back to school? not a single bill has been passed yet and i don t want to go back until a single bill has been passed. it s disgusting. but that s all right. these people in power, like marco rubio, and different ones who refuse to take action on this, like the speaker of the house, paul ryan, they won t be
who s going to live. that s why we can t have guns in school. the answer is not more guns, that s what the nra wants us to believe. they want us to be afraid because the more we re scared, the more money they re going to get. are you ready to go back to school? reporter: not a single bill has been passed yet and i don t want to go back until a single bill has been passed. it s disgusting. but that s all right. these people in power, like marco rubio, and different ones who refuse to take action on this, like the speaker of the house, paul ryan, they won t be around much longer if they don t allow the bills to come to the floor. they won t get re-elected. they ll have to pay for it. thank you for joining us. i m very sorry for what you ve been through. i m sorry for our legislatures, i hope they enjoy
question that you and i have been asking, what does that mean, being on notice. shepard: we ll have coverage for that if it happens this hour. john, good to see you. all that, wsj.com. ahead, we ll take you to capitol hill where the senate has been voting on the secretary of state, rex tillerson. that has passed. he will be secretary of state. it s not official yet but it s done. there s no more hurdles. and republican senators said they will not support one of donald trump s most controversial nominees. the education secretary pick about betsy devos. she talked about guns in school. she said they would need a gun to protect from the grizzly bears. if there s one person that is in jeopardy, it s probably betsy devos. they only need one more republican to come over to make that pick go out the window. it s breaking right now.
suddenly diving into politics, concerned about plans to allow guns on college campuses. he recent wrote a satirical letter to idaho lawmakers plushed in the new york times and headlined by a shocking question when may i shoot a student? reporter: when may i shoot a student? right. reporter: that s provocative. it s serious as well. reporter: mass shootings like virginia tech, newtown and columbine come to mind when discussing guns in school. but the letter focuses on how teachers might feel in a classroom where guns are legal. i always assumed when they reached into their backpacks, they were going for a pencil. but now i would like legal instruction in the rules of classroom engagement. reporter: he asks, if i m working out a long equation on the board and several students try to correct me using their laser sights, am i allowed to fire a warning shot? do you have any concerns about
sean, there s another thing here that we have to be really, really concerned with and that is the political move of what s happening. do you remember right after the tragedies that took place in sandy hook elementary school? the president and others were asked questions about how about having police officers on these elementary school campuses? and the answer was, we don t want guns in school. well, the answer though is really, the exact opposite of that. what the n.r.a. and others said is the answer, security personnel in elementary schools and other events and you had that by the way, sporting events, you have armed security, you have it on college campuses. it s focusing on the wrong issue. this fbi said that the assault weapon ban of 1994 did nothing to lower crime and does anybody that s watching this broadcast now think that a signed poster that said do not carry your weapon in this area would prevent what happened in sandy hook. and what about the hipaa laws when a professional