Gov. Quinn's school safety plan

Check out this headline from the Chicago Tribune: "Quinn signs bill requiring schools to hold shooting safety drills"

In a surprise move today, Gov. Quinn was in Oak Park and announced a new plan to provide safety for students in schools. If a school comes under threat, teachers will immediately lock classroom doors and pass out loaded Glock, Smith & Wesson and Colt semi-automatic pistols with 20-round magazines. Students will be trained to point their weapons at the classroom door and, if a threat comes in, all will be instructed how to fire until the threat to their safety is neutralized. A special school alarm will unlock gun cabinets to be located in each classroom. Teachers will arm themselves with AR-15s in each cabinet, loaded with 30-round magazines.

Oh, wait. I just re-read the article. It doesn't say that, after all. Click here to see how Quinn used the kids for a photo op. There ought to be law against such use of kids in political-agenda photos by elected officials. Now there's a new law I'd support.

Where did this "bill" come from? Did anyone hear of it before today? Or was it buried in the thousands of bills pushed through by legislators who felt they had to do something in the last session?

Naturally, he got asked about the concealed-carry bill buried under the dust on his desk. The clock is ticking on this one. If Quinn doesn't sign HB0183 by next Monday, July 8, many believe that Illinois FOID cardholders can start packing, because the stay on the Circuit Court's order will expire. If Quinn uses his amendatory veto to re-write HB0183, will the legislature have the guts to turn their backs on him?