BILL INTRODUCED TO REPEAL GUN-FREE SCHOOL ZONES

Following Parkland Mass Shooting, Rand Paul Introduces Bill to Repeal Gun-Free School Zones

On Thursday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced legislation to put an end to gun-free school zones in response to calls for increased gun control after the tragic Parkland shooting.

The law was originally put in place by the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 and bans all weapons on school property in an attempt to reduce violence. However, criminals generally don’t have any desire to follow these laws. Paul’s bill would repeal the act and all amendments to it.

Paul has been a huge advocate for Second Amendment rights and even called for the arming of teachers after the Sandy Hook shooting that left 26 people dead.

“If my kids were at that school, I would have preferred that the teacher had concealed-carry and had a gun in her desk,” Paul said in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut, tragedy.

Andrew Pollack, the father of Parkland shooting victim Meadow Pollack, agrees with Paul on arming teachers.

“You have the choice to go to any school you want, so my answer to them is, ‘If you don’t want a teacher or a marshal or you don’t want someone with a gun at your school, you go to a gun-free school zone. That’s where you go,’” Pollack told CNN.

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