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One of the bills awaiting the governor's signature is a proposal to give school districts the option of arming staff.

Our children we need to take those stems. it's dangerous today. >> reporter: with school starting monday, most parents aren't surprised and support it. >> i think it's great, yes, ma'am. >> reporter: school board members discussed arming staff during may meetingts. they have issued a statement saying our school marshals have gone through an intense vetting process and a very rigorous training program. training will be ongoing. not everyone is thrilled. >> i kind of agree with protecting our students, i don't think i would want to arm our students, maybe put the law in there. i don't know. >> r...

About the teachers -- arming staff, they stress the fact that it's voluntary. i grew up in the panhandle of florida. the people that you really don't want having guns in school are the people who really, really want to have guns in school. >> i want to amplify that point by playing cynthia stafford, state representative from miami, furthering the point about why it is so dangerous, the idea of arming people in the classroom. >> i believe this is dangerous because there is an implicit bias that exists against boys and girls of color. i'm afraid that in an emergency situation a black or brown st...

Fixed it! and i'm pissed, because my daughter i'm not going to see again! she's not here. she's not here. we all work together to come up with the right idea, school safety. it's not about gun laws right now. >> laura: the focus should be on school security. the soft targets that are so vulnerable today. arming staff who are well-trained, getting authorities on the state, local and federal level to see the obvious warning signs and act on them and this obvious fact that america has become a society of strangers, distant through social media. all those anonymous insults and condemnations are of...

Attempt. you have a threat on the outside, now you have weapons inside the school building. how do you respond to people who have that concern? >> i appreciate preme who have concerns about that i have had other law enforcement officials express that concern to me. >> with the amount of training that we put them through, i extremely comfortable with their ability to do the job. the other thing i will tell them is, if you don't like doing what we are doing that is fine. if you can come up with a better solution, give it to us. we will be more than willing to pay attention and listen to other so...