EDUCATION/GUNS/SCHOOL SHOOTINGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A commission appointed by President Donald Trump listed more than 90 ‘best practices’ on Tuesday [12-18-18] to prevent mass shootings at schools, but played down the president’s controversialcall to arm teachers and administrators…The recommendations of the Federal Commission on School Safety ranged from long-discussed improvements to the instant background check system for gun purchases to more funding under the Stop School Violence Act. The group’s emphasis is on action at the local level. Trump created the commission in response to the shooting in February at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that claimed 17 lives. At the time he touted the idea of arming teachers as a way to confront mass school shootings and referred to the sheriff’s deputy at the school as a ‘coward’…Suggestions included better access to mental health programs as well as increased use of extreme risk protection court orders to prevent firearms access to people who are considered dangerous.”
–David Jackson and John Fritze, “Donald Trump commission says local governments need to address school shooting issues,” USA Today, December 18, 2018 6:06 pm