In November of 2017, an armed, 26-year-old man, opened fire in a church in Sutherland Springs, TX. The official death toll is listed at 26, as one of the 25 victims was pregnant at the time of the massacre. An additional 20 congregants were injured. The killer had legally purchased his rifle the previous year. But he wasn’t supposed to have been allowed to purchase a firearm at all.
On this episode of the Bespoke Parenting Hour Podcast, host Julie Gunlock speaks with Laura Carno, IWF senior fellow and founder and executive director of FASTER Colorado—an organization that trains armed K-12 school staff—about the consequences of removing school resource officers (SROs) from public schools. Since the death of George Floyd, there has been a big push, particularly in blue cities, to defund the police. That push has now extended into the public school system, where—in light of much opposition—city councils are cutting SRO budgets and, quite literally, taking the security and safety out of schools.
President Biden’s administration has passed numerous policies that have made people less safe, yet tries to get off the hook by claiming that there is just not enough gun control.
The Poudre School District in Larimer County surveyed its parents, students, and staff about whether they want School Resource Officers (SROs) on K-12 campuses in the district. Those people want SROs. The School Board voted 6-1 in favor of keeping the armed, uniformed, law enforcement members on their campuses. So far, so good.
Gun owners who watched President Biden’s address last night are right to be confused. While the President’s speech was full of emotional rhetoric about stopping rampage killings—a goal on which we can all agree—he presented as facts things that just aren’t true. And worse, the policy proposals he lays out wouldn’t do a darned thing to reduce injuries and deaths by criminals who use firearms.
