What a surprise! Some of Florida's black legislators have decided to inject race into the job of hardening schools against the possibility of future school shooting attacks. Can some of these guys ever deal with an issue, without somehow making it racial ?
1. In the Tampa Bay Times, in an article entitled >> Teens moved a mountain in Tallahassee, this rather weird sentence appeared >>
"...black legislators who feared an optional program to arm teachers and school personnel with guns, would proportionately threaten black kids in school"
I wonder if anyone can explain why/how a black kid would be threatened by teachers and other school personnel being armed ? This doesn't seem to make any sense.
2. In the Tampa Bay Times, in an article entitled >> Laws seek to exempt records, regarding the Florida guardian program, this rather weird sentence appeared >>
"The controversial program...would require staff who opt-in for the program to receive 132 hours of firearm training, and diversity training, and undergo psychological and physical tests."
What does diversity have to do with school security (ie.protecting people) ?
Context is important (although most on the right don’t think so):
‘But several black Democrats argued that the optional proposal to put armed personnel in Florida schools was "a poison pill" that would disproportionately threaten blacks students or even black armed school personnel whom law enforcement may misidentify as the gunman in a active shooter situation.
"It's hard for people not to think about the kids in their own community," said Rep. Bobby DuBose, D-Fort Lauderdale. "What happened in Parkland breaks my heart. but look at last year and see how many people died of gun violence in Parkland. It's zero and yet you come to my community. Gun violence is a daily worry."’
‘Toxic’ gun fight opens emotional and political wounds in Legislature
Whether or not white conservatives agree with this is of course irrelevant – the fact remains that for African-Americans the reality of blacks being killed by law enforcement is an appropriate and legitimate concern, and yet another reason as to why arming teachers is idiocy.