Official White House Fact Sheet
USA – -(Ammoland.com)- “Every child deserves to grow up in a safe community surrounded by a loving family and to have a future filled with opportunity and with hope.” ~ President Donald J. Trump
HARDENING OUR SCHOOLS: President Donald J. Trump is making sure our schools are safe and secure, just like our airports, stadiums, and government buildings.
- President Trump’s Administration will assist States to train specially qualified school personnel on a voluntary basis.
- Department of Justice (DOJ) assistance programs will be leveraged to enable schools to partner with State and local law enforcement to provide firearms training for school personnel.
- The Administration will support the transition of military veterans and retired law enforcement into new careers in education.
- The Administration will encourage States’ Attorneys General to audit school district compliance with State emergency preparedness activities.
- Federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, will partner with States and localities to support a public awareness campaign modeled on “See Something, Say Something” to encourage awareness and reporting of suspicious activity.
STRENGTHENING BACKGROUND CHECKS AND PREVENTION: President Trump supports legislation and reforms to strengthen background checks and law enforcement operations.
- President Trump’s Administration is calling on every State to adopt Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs).
- The President is directing the Department of Justice to provide technical assistance to States, at their request, on establishing and implementing ERPOs.
- ERPOs allow law enforcement, with approval from a court, to remove firearms from individuals who are a demonstrated threat to themselves or others and temporarily to prevent individuals from purchasing new firearms.
- ERPOs should be carefully tailored to ensure the due process rights of law-abiding citizens are protected.
- President Trump supports improving the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The President supports the legislative framework introduced by Senators Cornyn and Murphy that will help improve the accuracy and effectiveness of NICS.
- The Cornyn-Murphy bill will hold Federal agencies more accountable for reporting information to NICS and will incentivize States to improve their reporting to the system.
- The President supports the framework of the STOP School Violence Act, which provides for State-based grants to implement evidence-based violence prevention programs.
- Grants will provide States with funds for training, technology, and technical assistance to help schools identify and prevent violent acts.
- The Administration requests that Congress provide funding in 2018 to jump start implementation of this evidence-based program in middle and high schools nationwide.
- The President’s Administration will audit and make accountability improvements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) tip line, and will promote its use.
- DOJ will provide emergency and crisis training for local law enforcement.
MENTAL HEALTH REFORM: President Trump is proposing an expansion and reform of mental health programs, including those that help identify and treat individuals who may be a threat to themselves or others.
- The President is proposing increased integration of mental health, primary care, and family services, as well as support for programs that utilize court-ordered treatment.
- The President is calling for a review of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and other statutory and regulatory privacy protections.
- Reviews will determine if any changes or clarifications are needed to improve coordination between mental health and other healthcare professionals, school officials, and law enforcement personnel.
INVESTIGATION: In addition to these immediate actions, President Trump is establishing a Federal Commission on School Safety chaired by Secretary Betsy DeVos and will recommend policy and funding proposals for school violence prevention.
- President Trump’s Administration will establish a Federal commission, chaired by Secretary DeVos, to address school safety and the culture of violence.
- While the Administration is taking immediate action on school safety, the Federal commission will develop a process to evaluate and make recommendations on school safety.
- The commission will study and make recommendations on the following areas of focus:
- Age restrictions for certain firearm purchases.
- Existing entertainment rating systems and youth consumption of violent entertainment.
- Strategies to advance the science and practice of character development in youth and a culture of connectedness.
- Effects of press coverage of mass shootings.
- Repeal of the Obama Administration’s “Rethink School Discipline” policies.
- Best practices for school buildings and campus security from Federal Government components, including the Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and also from other State, local, and private sector sources.
- A plan for integration and coordination of Federal resources focused on prevention and mitigation of active shooter incidents at schools.
- Opportunities to improve access to mental health treatment, including through efforts that raise awareness about mental illness and the effectiveness of treatment, reduce barriers to the recruitment of mental health professionals, and provide training related to violence prevention.
- Best practices for school-based threat assessment and violence prevention strategies.
- The effectiveness and appropriateness of psychotropic medication for treatment of troubled youth.
- Ensuring that findings are sufficiently supported by existing and additional Federal, State, and local funding sources.
It is true that the most well-intentioned laws can be misused, it is up to us to stop the misuse by court and/or legislative action.
Pres Trump is light years better for us than Hillary would have been. It’s ok to complain, but at election time, we still need to elect the most 2A people available. That includes Pres Trump and Rep/Sen as well.
We need to replace talk with action and money, niw!
I’m looking for the part where the MSM will be held responsible for the damage they cause by making these
mass murderers famous celebrities, so that their sponsors can spike ratings, and sell dog food. THESE
are the real people with the blood on their hands, and in the name of CORPORATE PROFIT.
O.K. now it is print what Trump is trying to do to us. I am sorry to see this but if that is the way he is going to reward us for getting him elected the next election cycle may see democrats back in charge of the house and senate. At that time the next step will be to proceed with impeachment. Let the chips fall where they may because Trump has caved to the liberals and broke his promises to us. Can you think Trojan Horse?
Given the abuse of property seizure laws by … guess who … law enforcement agencies with the sole purpose of enriching various government coffers, one can only imagine where ERPO’s will take us.
the ERPO’s are the worst part of this. On paper in outline form, it all sounds like a good idea. I don’t know all the details, but in Seattle just last week, a man who had overtl threatened no one was taken into custody and ALL his firearms confiscated.. they were even going after ones they somehow know he has but are in the custody of other family members. SUre, the guy was wierd…. but fro the time I have spent in that forsaken SHole city, two thirds of the denizens thereof are wierd. THIS is a law that can,… Read more »
Maybe all the snowflake parents out there could try raising their kids to be thicker skinned and tough enough to stand their ground and fight with fists when bullied. Parents take back your schools. Get involved with teachers and school administrators. You might find they are not who you want teaching your children. That school and those teachers are paid for by you!! And for goodness sakes love your kids enough to do somethings to protect them now instead of expecting the government to. Our government is made up of our inferiors due to our complacency.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease and right now the liberals are louder than those who actually have some common sense! Until those of us who love the constitution and this nation become louder than the idiots, the President will have no choice but to cave on some of what he believes and and his promises! As much as we’ed like him to just say no to the liberals; he is a public figure and he has to be a little bit flexible. We all hate the idea but he can’t just sit the Oval Office and give the finger… Read more »
Again, I’m disappointed with Trump. Obamacare penalties are being enforced once again by the IRS, Trump is allowing millions of illegals to stay and become citizens and now the caving in on 2nd Amendment issues. I am seeing the only difference between having a Democrat in the White House and Trump is that the erosion of our rights and freedoms are a lot slower with Trump, but still happening.
Crazy people will continue to do bad things against others and no laws will stop them.
Every time some nut acts out and kills others there is always a rush to fix the problem that can’t be fixed, but all the dogooders don’t understand that they want to make honest people suffer with new rules and regulations.
Bottom line is bad people do bad things!
Ammoland is the ONLY place reporting this. God Bless Em. With the McCabe distraction and hoops, this is going to slip quietly into the darkness, and nobody will be the wiser. ERPOs are not due process. It’s a court proceeding without a jury. Evidence and witnesses are not cross examined. There will be no defense mounted, because the accused doesn’t know they’ve been accused! It’s a railroad job, given the veneer of legal fiction. See the 5th and 14th Amendments. Now that Obamacare digitized medical records, they’re going to get that mental health database the NRA keeps begging for (https://tinyurl.com/y8o7cwy3).… Read more »
Not even ‘Mr. Bullhorn, Al Jones’ himself is talking about this. No ‘Drudge’, No Daily Caller, No Breitbart! Where are they??? Tell me, “Where are they”???
More blah…blah…blah from Trump! These proposals are nothing but “feel-good” BS! Let’s face the facts here…..Trump has betrayed us and the 2A. I now hope for impeachment when the “Tards” take the House back this year. Get ready for the return of Pelosi.
So now we know Trump has sold out to the swamp he promised to drain.. There is a lot of things wrong with this picture. First of all due process is now round filed. This looks a lot like the start of martial law. .Heaven help us because we will see no help from anywhere else ..
Couldn’t even throw in Concelead Carry reciprocity. The Donald is no friend of the 2A.
In the most simple form, This is how the Head Shrink decide if you are either one of the others listed below: 1.) A pussy boy coward, or .. 2) a brave human whom upholds life. and the question asked, it goes like this: Q. ) If you are in a darkened movie theater and some one yells out “Fire”, what do you do? *********** There only TWO OPTIONS ***************************************************** 1.) Answer: Stand up, seek an exit, run like holy hell, even whilst leaving loved ones and the elderly behind. 2.) Answer: Stand up, assesses the situation, quickly and safely… Read more »
Ben Franklin’s often misquoted advice comes to mind on this issue, Here is the original quote
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
It all sounds great
Did President Trump not get the message whe FBI agents lied to set FISA court orders to spy o the Trump campaign?
President Trump has also directed the department of justice to write rules banning bump stocks
We get nothing in return for these rules
As a single issue voter on gun rights President Trump has lost my support
Land of the free, home of the brave… my ass.
While background checks never did anything but inconvenience the law abiding, and NICS is a farce that needs to go away, a few of these proposals are acceptable on the surface. A couple, such as examination of psychotropics, are to be applauded. However, the opportunities for bureaucratic mischief in the President’s plan are legion. Imagine for a moment what the likes of Charles Schumer or Mario Cuomo might do with mental health reforms and reevaluating our privacy protections, and you get the idea. We might have to start worrying about what we’ve posted here. The devil’s always in the details…
I have a strong concern with ERPO’s and the abusive of them.
Whos to say ex spouses, angry neighbors, anti gun family members, CRIMINALS – that are targeting known individuals to commit a violent crime against with the intention of having them disarmed first, etc… Without proper due process, by allowing the accused to defend themselves and face their accusor this WILL be misused.
Abused it will. You can count on it!… and so are they.
I would have not been the Cop outside behind my car or the one that was paid to be sure this did not happen standing outside with my thumb in my A** I would have been the 1st one in. I can assure you that this is a fact. You would have seen nothing but A** holes and elbows. And all of these gun free zones are just absolutely wrong. Look at the Cops that were there. They say law enforcement and ex law enforcement can carry in gun free zones. Why they are afraid of the guy. Thats is… Read more »
Howdy Brett.
yep when i was in the Marine Corps we trained to RUN TOWARDS THE GUNFIRE NOT FROM IT.
that one cop then the other who showed up all just stood there REALLY PISSED ME OFF when i heard this.
CHICKEN SHIT ASSWIPE COWARDS ALL OF THEM.
The reactions from top down,from the get go,sure lak attention,and they think more of these “protectors” are needed.fire all of them.hire some real men to protect our kids.
See here is where it would become an issue. Who makes that call. Who says if you are in therapy or on meds for say ADHD, Bi-polar (I know everyone thinks they know what Bi-Polar is chances are if you believe you do you don’t) then you have anxiety and so on so forth. These people are contributing to society as much as anyone maybe more than some? But are just as responsible and again maybe more so than others. Some of us Are and always will be Marines so I say I have more firearms training than 60% of… Read more »
The effectiveness of treatment by mental health care needs to be re-evaluated to be sure it is effective and not politics as usual. Mental health is an aeea ripe with abuse of prescription drugs that are not needed, not effective, or problematic.