Actually, what Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy said during his 2013 State of the State address today was, “Let me be clear. Freedom is not a handgun on the hip of every teacher.”
Gov. Malloy: "Let me be clear: Freedom is not a handgun on the hip of every teacher."
— Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) January 9, 2013
Why won’t anyone let these Democrats be clear? Evidently his message was clear enough to get AFT president Randi Weingarten’s stamp of approval.
Gov Malloy in SOTS: "Freedom is not a handgun on the hip of every teacher&security should not mean a guard posted outside every classroom"
— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) January 9, 2013
But freedom-lovers? Not so much:
https://twitter.com/lachlan/statuses/289068258840162304
Banning it, isn't freedom either. MT @mpoindc: RT @JoNBCNews: Malloy: " … Freedom is not a handgun on the hip of every teacher."
— MJ (@MJ_GOP) January 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/redinbluestate5/status/289072557867552768
Which no one is suggesting. Good grief. “@mikememoli: Gov. Malloy: "Let me be clear: Freedom is not a handgun on the hip of every teacher."”
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) January 9, 2013
What, you don’t remember the cries of “Force them to arm themselves for FREEEEEDOOOOOM!!111”?
More from Malloy’s speech:
When it comes to preventing future acts of violence in our school, more guns are not the answer.
— Governor Dan Malloy (Archived) (@GovMalloyOffice) January 9, 2013
Today, our focus will be first and foremost on protecting #CT families
— Governor Dan Malloy (Archived) (@GovMalloyOffice) January 9, 2013
Just so long as they’re not protecting themselves.
Full text of the governor’s prepared remarks here:
Text of Gov. Malloy's 2013 State of the State address: http://t.co/iLYrQUCk #ctgov
— Governor Dan Malloy (Archived) (@GovMalloyOffice) January 9, 2013
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