By: Maisie
Stout
A
month after the tragic school shooting in Florida, a bill was proposed and
passed through the House of Representatives that will help “prevent” school
violence. The bill, introduced by representative John Rutherford from Florida, is
called STOP (Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing) School Violence Act
of 2018. The bill has yet to pass in the Senate.
“There is still much to be done, but
the best way to keep our students and teachers safe is to give them the tools
and training to recognize the warning signs to prevent violence,” Rutherford
said to ABC News.
The
proposed bill aims at providing schools better security infrastructures,
anonymous ways to report suspicious activities, and training for teachers and
law enforcement officers. Nowhere in the STOP School Violence Act is gun control
discussed or even addressed, which is most likely why the NRA was quick to show
approval for the bill.
“At
my old school, in Washington PA, there were over 2000 students. It was AAAA
school. They had metal detectors and multiple armed officers, and there has
never been a school shooting there. This school is also in a pretty bad
neighborhood, yet there still haven’t been any shootings. If these measures are
working in places like Washington PA, why aren’t other parts of the country
already doing it,” junior Casey Jewell stated.
States
are also taking matters into their own hands by creating their own state laws
to further restrict guns and provide more protection to students. In Florida,
for example, Governor Rick Scott proposed raising the age to buy assault rifles
to 21 and creating measures to prevent people with mental illnesses from buying
weapons. He also called for law enforcement to be in every public school in the
state.
Nothing
in West Virginia is currently being done, but our state does have laws
previously enacted to help keep schools safe. The WV Department of Education
passed the ‘West Virginia Manual for Expected Behavior in Safe and Supportive
Schools’, which basically outlines what students are supposed to be taught
throughout their education to “create a climate that supports development of
the dispositions that are valued in our communities, state, nation, and world.”
In layman’s terms, we are supposed to be taught social skills, self-awareness
and self-management at certain times during our education.
Is
it enough to simply address the issue? Is better security and a way to report
behavior enough to prevent another school shooting?
“Anything
can help. I will gladly be trained for anything, I think better educating
people on these issues would benefit everyone. If we had more time built in the
school day to really sit down with our students and help them to cope with
stress and everyday things that build up to be gun worthy, we could make a
difference,” English teacher Saunyell Atkinson said.
There
are mixed opinions towards the STOP Act, most of which either agree that it is
a good start towards stricter laws or believe it is not even close to achieving
anything. No matter what your beliefs, this new law should be viewed as an
attempt by our lawmakers to help prevent another tragedy.
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