Just last night I was talking to a friend about Florida’s Governor Rick Scott’s chances to beat Sen. Bill Nelson and the possibility that we would have not one but two (more or less) Republican senator representing us in D.C.
Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida has a narrow lead over his state’s governor Rick Scott, a Republican and Nelson’s would-be challenger in the Florida Senate race, according to a new Quinnipiac University Poll. The poll found Nelson edging out Scott with 46 percent support to the governor’s 42 percent.
Poll: Sen. Bill Nelson narrowly leads Rick Scott in Florida Senate race
And then, this morning we find out we are still gonna “enjoy” Bill Nelson’s works in Washington. Why?
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott added a new hurdle to the Legislature’s efforts to respond to the Parkland high school massacre, repeating Thursday that he opposes any attempt to arm teachers at schools.
“I’ve been very clear,” Scott said Thursday. “I want to make sure we have significant law enforcement presence at every school. I want to make sure we harden our schools. But I don’t support arming teachers.”
Gov. Rick Scott opposed to arming teachers
Listen, I understand that you may have some moral (albeit misguided) concerns about arming teachers. I actually believe you really don’t care one way or the other, but somebody in your Senate Campaign, probably a leftover from the Jeb Bush team, told you that you need the teachers to win the Senate, that you need to be a compassionate Republican and save the teachers from this imposition because the Teachers’ lobby said so and you need to look palatable to the Democratic voters.
But what you don’t do is piss off the hard-core voters: Gun Owners. For fuck’s sake, man! You do not ignore at least 1,874,015 certified gun owners (Feb 2018 – concealed weapons permits alone) to kiss the ass of lobbyist only representing 180,442 teachers! And God knows how many more that do not carry but are Gun Enthusiasts anyway and that right now are looking at the shit show in Tallahassee and reckoning of the Legislature is gonna screw them.
Dear GOP Candidates: A if a Democrat Voter is given the chance to cast a ballot between a Democrat-Acting Republican or a true Democrat, It does not take a genius to figure out which way that piece of paper is gonna be marked.
Hat Tip to KevinC.
I wonder what you would say if you tell him the translation to plain English of his position: “I want to force teachers to be defenseless”. Would he understand then? Or is he so under the thumb of the communist unions that he would still stick with his current position?
No, and yes.
Never underestimate a Republican’s ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. DJT is on the same path.
Still the arming teachers lingo.
I’d say “I’m not going to give a gun to anyone who doesn’t want one. If a teacher or school administrator has all the necessary permits to carry in public, I’ll let them carry in school.”
Gets done what we want done in more palatable language.
Or maybe different still:
“If a teacher wants to be able to defend his students, and has the permits to do so, I want that to be allowed”.
That makes the wording about the benefits (defense) rather than the tool (guns). In other words, it makes it clear that the other side is trying to endanger students.
I’m fine with that. If I were a teacher I’d probably get a small safe and store a bug out bag (gun, mags, flashlight, blood loss control supplies) in that.
Like I said before the “arm the teachers” is just bad wording. Make it optional for those who want it.
In Alabama, we’re working on an ordinance for teachers who want to be deputized by the county Sheriff and get gun training so they can carry concealed in classrooms since the no guns on school grounds doesn’t apply to LEOs.
I would expect a gun to be on your person, not in a safelet.
The deputizing bit makes sense. For one thing, it answers the objection sometimes heard from political police chiefs that armed teachers are dangerous because the cops then can’t tell who the good guys are. That’s BS, of course, and especially if those teachers train with the cops in the first place so everyone knows everyone else’s face.