Oklahoma takes lead addressing mass shootings while protecting 2nd Amend. with new executive order, gov says

Oklahoma is taking the lead on addressing mass shootings at colleges with a new executive order that Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt says will defend the Second Amendment rights of the state’s residents while making college students safer.

In an unique interview with Fox News Digital, Stitt unveiled the small print of the executive order, referred to as “Mission S.O.S.,” or “Secure Oklahoma Schools,” and careworn the significance of addressing psychological well being points resulting in mass shootings, in addition to making certain regulation enforcement and academics have been correctly skilled to deal with a mass capturing scenario ought to one come up.

“First off, I don’t believe that you can put our Constitution in the attic and you can ignore the Second Amendment just because of a political whim or because someone at the White House for some reason wants to delete a section of our Constitution,” Stitt mentioned when requested about President Biden’s name for elevated gun management measures and up to date feedback that the Second Amendment was “not absolute.”

“That’s exactly why it’s there. It’s the supreme law of the land,” he added. “We’re going to protect our constitutional rights as Oklahomans, and as governor, I represent all 4 million Oklahomans, and we overwhelmingly support gun ownership and the Second Amendment.”

Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt describes a new executive order addressing mass shootings in colleges in an unique interview with Fox News’ Brandon Gillespie on Wednesday, June 22, 2022.
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Stitt defined that after watching the response by regulation enforcement to the current mass capturing at an elementary faculty in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 college students and two academics, he referred to as his group collectively and started drafting the executive order with the intention of stopping the same scenario from occurring in Oklahoma.

The executive order addresses the coaching of regulation enforcement by requiring all state troopers throughout the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS), in addition to Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) licensed officers, to both efficiently full DPS-approved and CLEET-accredited regulation enforcement energetic shooter emergency response coaching, or be provided it by a sure date relying on place.

All CLEET-certified primary academies throughout the state will even be required to incorporate the coaching of their applications by Jan. 23 of subsequent yr.

The executive order additionally requires the Oklahoma School Security Institute (OSSI) to coordinate with the DPS to offer annual threat and vulnerability assessments to “every public and private primary and secondary school,” and to offer suggestions to extend faculty safety, without charge to the varsity or faculty district.

The Robb Elementary School signal is roofed in flowers and presents on June 17, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
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In addition, the order gives coaching alternatives for training professionals on learn how to preemptively determine psychological well being challenges with college students they work with every day to be able to stop such challenges resulting in conditions that would place different college students in peril.The Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) coaching will probably be provided to each training skilled within the state by July 2023.

The order additionally implements the usage of the “Rave Panic Button” by Sep. 2022, an app to be accessible on all academics’ telephones that may instantly notify all surrounding regulation enforcement departments of an emergency to make sure a well timed response.

“We want to take practical steps today in Oklahoma to make sure we protect our citizens, we make sure law enforcement is properly trained, properly funded, and that they have all the resources, the tools that they need,” Stitt mentioned. “We wanted to put technology inside the school districts to make sure that our teachers are well-prepared, and that they can identify behavioral issues.”

When requested how possible the executive order would stop any future mass shootings, Stitt careworn the significance of correct training, in addition to household values within the residence. He admitted there have been some “societal issues” that no piece of laws might repair, however that he would proceed trying on the training system and the way properties throughout Oklahoma have been “teaching right and wrong.”

Law enforcement personnel at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022.
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Stitt expressed hope that via the order, Oklahoma would set an instance for the remainder of the nation on learn how to correctly maintain folks protected while protecting Second Amendment rights. 

Stitt’s workplace filed the executive order with Oklahoma’s Secretary of State’s workplace on Wednesday.