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Florida State Senator Says Guns Are The Answer

People who go through "rigorous training" ought to be able to carry guns in schools to help stop shootings, says Republican State Sen. Greg Steube.
Crime scene tape runs outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. Authorities opened the streets around the school, which had been closed since a mass shooting on Wednesday. Nikolas Cruz, a former student, was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. (Gerald Herbert/AP)

Students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, are heading to Tallahassee Tuesday, where they’ll meet with state legislators and rally Wednesday, demanding stronger gun laws including assault weapons bans. But not all those legislators are convinced that gun bans are the way to prevent massacres.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with Republican State Sen. Greg Steube (@gregsteube), who says that shootings occur overwhelmingly in gun-free zones, and that schools should allow trained shooters into campus buildings.

Interview Highlights

On his efforts to put

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