Protesters march to Governors Mansion on Saturday to protest Arming Teachers law [Video]

Governor Bill Lee signed the bill into law the day before the demonstration. It lets educators who meet certain requirements bring guns into schools as long as their school districts pass policies allowing it. Teachers need to notify administrators that they want to bring guns to school, and the school also needs to notify local law enforcement.

However, parents will not be notified if their students’ teachers bring guns into the classroom. Proposals that would have required guns to be secured away from students also failed in the legislature.

Gov. Lee said the new law is meant to give school districts a new tool to protect students — especially in rural areas that may not have many school resource officers. However, a parent at Saturday’s march said she was scared for her daughter to …