Several Democrats rejected arming security and school personnel prior to armed security killing an attacker at a Michigan synagogue Thursday.
Armed security guards at the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, fatally shot a Lebanese migrant who drove a truck into the building, saving the lives of children and staff . While both Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan praised the armed security on Friday, Democrats have often opposed armed security at schools.
Democrats have opposed efforts to place armed security in schools to address school shootings like those in Uvalde, Texas, Parkland, Florida and Newtown, Connecticut, instead demanding bans on so-called “assault weapons” and other gun-control measures.
“Those are some of the stupidest proposals I’ve heard in all my time as an educator,” Biden administration Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said during a June 2022 appearance on “The View” when asked about arming teachers by co-host Sunny Hostin, instead demanding unspecified “sensible legislation” following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.
