Sen. Rick Scott on Tuesday took action in response to the recent Nashville school shooting that looks a lot like what he did as Florida governor after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
Five years ago, he led an effort to provide armed police officers in every public school in Florida. Now he wants to do the same across the nation with his new “School Guardian Act.”
“The recent shooting of innocent children and educators in Nashville showed us that we need to do better to keep our schools safe, and that starts by bringing effective ideas like our Guardian Program to every school across our nation,” Scott said during a news conference Tuesday. “These brave individuals are willing and able to step up and protect our kids and teachers from those who wish to do them harm.”
