Teachers in Florida will be able to arm themselves with guns in classrooms under a new bill that passed in both Florida’s House of Representatives and Senate by a Republican majority.
Once Republic Governor Ron DeSantis signs the bill into law, school districts will be able to arm teachers who participate in a voluntary 144-hour training course, with school employees in 40 of Florida’s 67 counties already enrolled in the course.
The move to arm Florida’s teachers follows the Parkland school shooting that killed 17 people and injured 17 others in February of last year, which saw emergency legislation passed providing for at least one armed staff member or law enforcement officer at each school.
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