Florida Votes to Allow Teachers to Carry Weapons in the Classroom

THE TELEGRAPH: Florida has voted to allow teachers to carry weapons in the classroom in the latest response to last year's mass shooting at the Parkland high school.

In the aftermath of the massacre, in which 1 7 people were killed, state representatives lifted a ban on arming those who "exclusively perform classroom duties".

Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is now expected to sign off a new law that enables teachers who pass a 144-hour training course to carry a gun.

Activists including a gun control group started by survivors of the Parkland shooting, March for Our Lives, are calling on Governor DeSantis to veto the reform, using the hashtag #BooksNotBullets on social media. » | Phoebe Davis | Friday, May 3, 2019

Is There Any Way to Stop Guns Printed in 3D? | Inside Story

A US court has barred a self-described "crypto-anarchist" from publishing the software blueprints for 3D-printed guns.

That information is already out there on the internet. But if publication had gone ahead it would have immediately become a lot easier to download the plans for the weapons. And with the quality of 3D-printers rapidly rising - and their cost falling equally as fast - that worries a lot of people. Not just gun control activists.

Despite this week's court order, it's a problem that isn't going away. Is public safety more important than freedom of information?

Presenter: Peter Dobbie | Guests: Paul Barrett - New York University Stern Centre for Business & Human Rights; Iain Overton - Executive Director, Action on Armed Violence; Richard Feldman -Former Regional Political Director, National Rifle Association