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What is your reaction to it? what do you think? >> i think it has some things in it that are definitely an improvement. it's the first major gun legislation in our state in over 20 years. so i think that that, in itself, is remarkable. i think it has sod good morning things in it, raise the age to 21, banning bump stocks, increase funding for mental health, but it falls short of what the kids wanted. it definitely isn't a ban on assault rifles, which they wouldn't take up debate in the legislature. it doesn't close gun show loopholes. and it has a provision in it, this marshal program, that or...

And that is part of what's in the bill that they plan to vote on in the senate. >> and athena, tell us about this controversial so-called marshal program. >> reporter: right, that is, by far, the most controversial provision under debate. this is something that students and teachers and parents and florida governor rick scott have all said they oppose. the idea is for this marshal program, is that it would allow teachers and other school staff to carry weapons, as long as they undergo 144 hours of training. that training would include 12 hours of diversity training, something that members of t...

Program. >> of teachers, yes? >> not a specific number. there can be only one teacher in the whole school. say that hero coach that went in -- i'm sorry -- that hero coach, he could have saved ten kids. >> understood. it but it's not play-offs, it's teachers. >> they go through a police program. >> i get it. they will be trained. but they are right now and they're teachers. >> trained as marshals. i have the answer for everybody up in arms about that. this is america, it's freedom of choice. you have the choice to go to any school you want. my answer to them, if you don't want a teacher or a m...

Training, more expertise, defense tactics than our law enforcement officers and we give them that training and now they can be certified teachers and to be in the schools. >> laura: again, the activists don't want teachers armed. that the last thing they want. they are saying interview after interview, don't you dare on the teachers because that's going to create another problem, some crazy kid gets a hold of the teachers gone and then we are off to the races. you want to arm teachers and schools they say you are doing the bidding of the nra it's going to make them more money. >> i think they'...

Kids a picture says a thousand worlds. >> if i'm flipping around on cable, i want to see kids say that because it's much more interesting. these kids don't have unique insight into the policy arguments but we have other people like me to do that to know everything there is to know. >> laura: your reaction to this because i know you have pushed and pushed and pushed for a common sense approach to policing in these circumstances and to the schools and hardening the school targets as we see a boycott of the nra which we will get to in a moment, what's your reaction to what we are seeing so far? >...