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Fedor: Arming Students Better Saved for Oppressive Foreign
Regimes – not America
In the wake of Ohio Republican lawmaker
Niraj Antani’s public comments suggesting students should
arm themselves in high schools across the state,
state Rep. Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) last week issued the
following statement:
“To suggest students should carry guns at school is to turn
our backs on our constitutional oath to further a free
society where students have an equal opportunity to succeed.
Arming students in the 21st century violates every shred of
commonsense, responsible lawmaking, and is better saved for
oppressive regimes in foreign lands – not America.
“We should be deeply troubled and angered by politicians who
suggest arming students is an appropriate response to the
national discussion on commonsense ways to reduce gun
violence in our nation. Too many politicians have robbed our
students of a childhood by failing to keep them safe, which
has pushed them out of our schools and into the streets to
fight for accountability from their elected officials. It’s
clear some politicians still aren’t listening.” |
