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Leslie Montgomery says her daughter endured physical bullying and hateful comments before a death threat landed in her school email inbox last month.

Eric: well, a controversy new law allows some florida teachers to carry guns inside the classroom. the state legislature passed that law in response to the deadly shooting at the marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, but so far only a few of the school districts in the state are following true with it. >> reporter: teachers in seven florida school districts will soon be locked and loaded. a new law enacted this month in the state gives schools the option to allow teachers to carry concealed guns. the law expands on the guardian school safety program introduced after the parkland sh...

Now, you voted against both the house gun control measures bill, the bipartisan background check act is what it's called and the enhanced background check act. what those do are up on your screen. the president has said and been on the record that he wants some type of new gun legislation and he's willing to sign it. he called powerful background checks at one point. is there anything you'd be for? >> yeah, but before we could talk about that, we have to go back what the second amendment is for. it's for preventing a tyrannical government, it shall not be infringed. that's number one. saying t...

A number of other small things. finally, we create a commission to look at the sources and causes of these terrible mass killings. >> what are you doing in the schools? >> we have a school safety program in this bill also. when i was governor, we fixed a lot of schools. we remodeled our schools. nobody has ever said gorman chin, you have to make sure you have to have the first floor windows bulletproof. that's the way sandy hook killer got his way. in there's not a person in west virginia that believes you're not going to defend our second amendment rights. not a person. with you, taking a lea...

It shouldn't be. our bill would correct that. a numberch other small things. and then finally we create a commission to look at the sources and the causes of these terrible mass killings. >> are you doing it in the schools? >> we have a school safety program in this bill also. whether i was governor, we fixed a lot of schools. we remodeled schools and not one argued that they were told-that said governor manchin you have to have the windows bulletproof. we never knew that. no one came to me with that concern and that is how sandy hook should weigh in. we make sure that we addressed that. mr. p...