Darrell Scott, father of daughter killed in Columbine, is speaking now. He has previously criticized people for criticizing the NRA and calling for gun control, telling a House committee in 1999, "We do not need more restrictive laws."
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This is really something - Trump's most enthusiastic proposal, in his "listening session" on school shootings, is: A) encouraging teachers and coaches to carry guns; B) sending a company of armed veterans into schools.
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Brandon Thompson, a Washington, D.C. teacher, proposes "checkpoints" in schools, with metal detectors and bag checks. "A TSA model," he says.
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I should note that Thompson was saying that this is what they already do in his school in DC - it wasn't his own fanciful idea.https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/966437079159844864 …
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Douglas student Sam Zeif is the one strong voice for gun control at this meeting. Speaking again, he says, "These are not weapons of defence, these are weapons of war. And I still can't fathom that myself, I'm able to purchase one."
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"We need more firearms on campus," another young man says - I believe one of the Pollack sons.
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Now speaking is Mark Barden, the father of Daniel, killed in Sandy Hook - and the subject of this story everyone should read:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/after-newtown-shooting-mourning-parents-enter-into-the-lonely-quiet/2013/06/08/0235a882-cd32-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_story.html …
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"Nobody wants to see a shootout in school," Mark Barden tells Trump about his arm-the-teachers idea.
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Trump in closing: "We're going to work very hard. It's very difficult, it's very complex, but we're going to find the solution." He says he's going to go "very strong" into "age of purchase." (Feinstein has proposed raising the minimum age for AR-15 purchases from 18 to 21.)
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Trump: "We're going to come up with the solution. God bless you all." The listening session is over.
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FYI: David Hogg, the Douglas student prominent in calling for gun control, was invited to Trump's session but declined, the AP reports. So it's not immediately clear how much of the Trump-friendliness of that group was the result of non-invitations or non-acceptances.
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