Ensuring School Safety

The Los Angeles City Council on March 6 unanimously approved a resolution opposing a state bill that would allow loaded firearms in classrooms. Councilmembers Paul Krekorian and Mitch Englander, of the Public Safety Committee, each spoke out about Assembly Bill 202.

In the resolution, the councilmembers said, "It is a fallacy to suggest that our classrooms and communities would be safer with loaded guns in close proximity to children as young as those who attend elementary school."

"In addition, creating a 'school marshal' program would increase risks to police officers responding to incidents at schools, and would complicate law enforcement's ability to distinguish armed suspects from armed 'marshals.'"

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