by Jim Sexton
This latest attack on innocence is evil. My heart hurts for every child, parent and family member affected by this act of evil. May God hold and bless each of them.
On April 11, 2018 Gov. Phil Scott signed three gun laws that did nothing to protect anyone or prevent any gun crime in Vermont. He was afraid there would be a school shooting in Vermont.
But the unconstitutional actions Scott took on that day did nothing to protect any Vermont student or school. He was called out by many who asked why he went after lawful Vermonters, but did not make any effort to secure any school in Vermont.
No law enforcement or security personnel were hired. No metal detectors were installed at school entrances.
And we are rolling the dice every day the schools are not protected.
Too many politicians and Vermonters are afraid of guns to the point where they refuse to have trained professionals protect their children.
It could be an armed teacher, school administrator, janitor, coach or any other staff member. Whether it is armed and trained security professionals, law enforcement officers or military veterans. There are so many ways to protect our students and every person in the school.
One thing that can never be questioned is that it takes a good person with a gun to stop a bad person with a gun.
In the aftermath of another school shooting, we don’t need more gun laws. Which of the thousands of gun laws on the books failed ? One more gun law will not stop these evil acts. But proactive mental health counseling might. Especially because so many of these shooters are known by law enforcement.
But a wall of protection is the best way to stop someone from getting into a school.
We need locked, secure entrances in our schools. We need armed and trained professionals who would step up immediately to end a threat before it becomes another nightmare.
Phil Scott has been most cooperative in working with the legislators who continue to remove our Constitutional Rights. Maybe he could spend some of the federal Covid money to hire professionals for every school in Vermont to prevent a school shooting from happening in Vermont.
Attacking the rights of law-abiding Vermonters won’t prevent any criminal from striking. In fact, it will make it more likely.