{"id":473,"date":"2018-02-28T01:55:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T01:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2018\/02\/28\/is-5200-price-of-politician\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:28:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:28:40","slug":"is-5200-price-of-politician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=473","title":{"rendered":"Is $5,200 The Price Of A Politician?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6797,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/fastersaveslives.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/fastersaveslives.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7704,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/t.co\\\/uqLd7Wbnk0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7705,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/MarkRJohnsonNC\\\/status\\\/968222217837441026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240712031110\\\/https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/MarkRJohnsonNC\\\/status\\\/968222217837441026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 23:54:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:400}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 23:54:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:400},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7706,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.journalnow.com\\\/news\\\/local\\\/n-c-superintendent-against-arming-classroom-teachers\\\/article_b6aa1aad-b09e-5d2b-b459-a4ce89d15db2.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260418004409\\\/https:\\\/\\\/journalnow.com\\\/news\\\/local\\\/n-c-superintendent-against-arming-classroom-teachers\\\/article_b6aa1aad-b09e-5d2b-b459-a4ce89d15db2.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/journalnow.com\\\/news\\\/local\\\/n-c-superintendent-against-arming-classroom-teachers\\\/article_b6aa1aad-b09e-5d2b-b459-a4ce89d15db2.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 08:44:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 08:44:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7707,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/cf.ncsbe.gov\\\/CFOrgLkup\\\/ReportDetail\\\/?RID=138070&amp;TP=REC&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/cf.ncsbe.gov\\\/CFOrgLkup\\\/ReportDetail\\\/?RID=138070&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7708,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/cf.ncsbe.gov\\\/CFOrgLkup\\\/DocumentGeneralResult\\\/?SID=STA-W2IF94-C-001&amp;OGID=30884&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/cf.ncsbe.gov\\\/CFOrgLkup\\\/DocumentGeneralResult\\\/?SID=STA-W2IF94-C-001&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7709,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/a-republican-getting-money-from.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nSince the murders at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS in Parkland, Florida, there has been a great debate going on about whether or not teachers and administrators should be armed or, at least, have that option. There are a number of states that do allow it. Moreover, there are fantastic programs like <a href=\"http:\/\/fastersaveslives.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FASTER Saves Lives<\/a> in Ohio and Colorado that will actually train faculty and administrators in violence response for free.<\/p>\n<p>The North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction is Mark Johnson. He is a Republican from Winston-Salem who had served on the Winston-Salem Forsyth County Board of Education prior to running for this office.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson posted on Twitter his position on arming North Carolina&#8217;s teachers.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\nThere are many conversations surrounding school safety happening in our state. Below is my statement on arming teachers in NC&#8217;s public schools: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uqLd7Wbnk0\">pic.twitter.com\/uqLd7Wbnk0<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u2014 NC Sup. Mark Johnson (@MarkRJohnsonNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkRJohnsonNC\/status\/968222217837441026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalnow.com\/news\/local\/n-c-superintendent-against-arming-classroom-teachers\/article_b6aa1aad-b09e-5d2b-b459-a4ce89d15db2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As the Raleigh News and Observer points ou<\/a>t about the tweet above, Johnson wants firearms on campus restricted to \u201cthese trained, uniformed law-enforcement professionals who courageously choose a career protecting citizens from violent threats.\u201d If the armed Broward County Sheriff&#8217;s Department school resource officer had acted as he should have to save student lives, then perhaps I wouldn&#8217;t have so much trouble with this statement.<\/p>\n<p>The real trouble I have with Johnson&#8217;s statement against arming teachers is that I suspect he is dancing to the tune of one of his largest campaign donors. On December 16, 2015, Johnson&#8217;s campaign committee <a href=\"http:\/\/cf.ncsbe.gov\/CFOrgLkup\/ReportDetail\/?RID=138070&amp;TP=REC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received a check for $5,100 from none other than Michael Bloomberg.<\/a> Ten days later, Bloomberg&#8217;s daughter Emma made an additional $100 donation to Johnson&#8217;s campaign for a total of $5,200 from the Bloomberg family. Having scanned all <a href=\"http:\/\/cf.ncsbe.gov\/CFOrgLkup\/DocumentGeneralResult\/?SID=STA-W2IF94-C-001&amp;OGID=30884\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his financial disclosure reports<\/a>, Johnson only had three or four other donors who each gave $5,100.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2016\/03\/a-republican-getting-money-from.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As I wrote back in March 2016<\/a>, seeing such a significant donation from Michael Bloomberg to a candidate for a Council of State office in North Carolina made me feel wary. It didn&#8217;t make sense back then but it certainly makes sense now.<\/p>\n<p>So the question for Mark Johnson is $5,200 the going rate for putting the school children of North Carolina at risk?<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the murders at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS in Parkland, Florida, there has been a great debate going on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[986,202,1153],"class_list":["post-473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-faster-program","tag-mark-johnson","tag-nc-supt-of-public-instruction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11351,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions\/11351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}