DeSantis signs law arming trained college, university faculty after FSU shooting

By: Liv Caputo

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: May 15, 2026

Words: 468

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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A year after a gunman opened fire on Florida State University, trained college and university faculty can carry guns onto campus under a bill Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Friday.

“It puts the bad guys on the defense — they don’t know who’s going to be able to offer them resistance,” DeSantis said during a Miami press conference. “We’ve taken this more seriously than probably anyone else has … in our state’s history.”

He referred to …

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