"Republicans have focused their response on enhancing school safety and investigating why law enforcement missed repeated warning signs about the Parkland suspect.
They have also touted a narrow background check bill that the House already passed in December, as well as a recently enacted law strengthening support for people with mental illness.
“We believe that the best focus can be on stopping people who should not get guns from getting any kind of gun, period,” Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Wednesday. “We sent legislation to the Senate in December. Hopefully, the Senate can act on that legislation. In the meantime, we believe that we can make great progress on the STOP School Violence Act, which we’re passing today.”
The House voted 407-10 to approve a school safety bill from Rep. John Rutherford (R-Fla.), a former sheriff.
The STOP (Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing) School Violence Act would provide $50 million a year for a new federal grant program to train students, teachers and law enforcement on how to spot and report signs of gun violence.
It also would develop anonymous telephone and online systems where people could report threats of violence, and authorizes $25 million for schools to beef up security in ways such as installing new locks, metal detectors and panic buttons."
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/378507-gun-protests-sweep-nation-as-house-passes-school-safety-bill
They have also touted a narrow background check bill that the House already passed in December, as well as a recently enacted law strengthening support for people with mental illness.
“We believe that the best focus can be on stopping people who should not get guns from getting any kind of gun, period,” Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Wednesday. “We sent legislation to the Senate in December. Hopefully, the Senate can act on that legislation. In the meantime, we believe that we can make great progress on the STOP School Violence Act, which we’re passing today.”
The House voted 407-10 to approve a school safety bill from Rep. John Rutherford (R-Fla.), a former sheriff.
The STOP (Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing) School Violence Act would provide $50 million a year for a new federal grant program to train students, teachers and law enforcement on how to spot and report signs of gun violence.
It also would develop anonymous telephone and online systems where people could report threats of violence, and authorizes $25 million for schools to beef up security in ways such as installing new locks, metal detectors and panic buttons."
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/378507-gun-protests-sweep-nation-as-house-passes-school-safety-bill