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    Teachers with guns only makes sense to lawmakers who have lost their minds

    by Carl Hiaasen, Tribune Content Agency May 06, 2019 3 minutes

    From the What-Could-Possibly-Go-Wrong? Department:

    A bill allowing Florida teachers to carry guns in public schools passed the Legislature last week and is expected to be signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

    Teachers will soon be able to volunteer as "armed guardians" in their schools after attending firearms training, undergoing a psychiatric evaluation and agreeing to drug tests.

    Drafted in response to last year's Parkland massacre, the law was strongly opposed by the state's largest teachers union, the Florida Education

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