“I can’t imagine a world where a teacher is preparing her lesson plans in the morning or his, having a cup of coffee and, as they grab their lesson plan, they say ‘Let me grab my .357.’ The moment we start walking into an environment as educators to teach our students with the idea that I also may have to kill this same student, we’re lost as a society, not as a state. So I am 100% opposed,” Tony said.
He said there is “no proven data point” to back up the notion that arming more people would improve public safety by empowering more people to stop active shooters.
In fact, he said, more armed people increases the chances something will go wrong. “Shooting inside of an indoor environment is very complicated,” he said.

Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony offers his take on critical issues: gun violence, marijuana legalization, and race

This is mostly talk from Chief of Police from 15-20 years ago. when the possible horrors of Concealed Carry was still being argued by the Opposition and even warning of “blood on the streets”

The moment we start walking into an environment as educators to teach our students with the idea that I also may have to kill this same student, we’re lost as a society, not as a state. So I am 100% opposed,”

I can even give you an exact date when this piece of wishful thinking died a gruesome death: April 20, 1999.

The Columbine Massacre where twelfth grade students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered 12 students and one teacher was what is called a watershed moment that was (and seems) to be ignored in order to advance political rhetoric rather than real solutions.

He said there is “no proven data point” to back up the notion that arming more people would improve public safety by empowering more people to stop active shooters.

This one has always been a favorite of Gun Controllers: If there were not a lot of corpses, how can you say it was a Mass Killing incident; and if there are corpses, then you failed.  Nice game but we refuse to play and instead I link you to a very long list of cases where an armed civilian stopped a Mass Killer.

And then:

In fact, he said, more armed people increases the chances something will go wrong. “Shooting inside of an indoor environment is very complicated,” he said.

This is 100% pure, unadulterated “I am the only one professional enough…” bullshit. The cases of an armed civilian shooting somebody by accident in a closed or open environment are so scarce, I can’t even come up with one.  Reports of cops shooting civilians accidentally? You know the answer damned well.  I think we remember the case of 71-year-old Samuel Williams who shot two armed robbers inside a crowded internet cafe. The only ones injured were the bad guys without the use of the Police Technique of emptying the  full size sidearm on them. In fact I think the weapon used by Mr. Williams was a Ruger LCP that he was carrying in his pants’ pocket.

Just when you hope Broward County may have a decent Sheriff, it ends up with one in the tradition of Ken Jenne and Scott Israel but with a different tan. Then again he might be reciting the proper words for when election time comes and he hopes he does not get raped by the Democrat Machine.  But he should not worry, I don’t think Broward County has elected a Black Sheriff in ages. At least he could stop sounding like them.