CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Vox reports:

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has set up a commission to study school safety in the aftermath of mass shootings like the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre in Parkland, Florida, in February. But on Tuesday, DeVos revealed that the commission will not study a key problem: guns. “That is not part of the commission’s charge, per se,” DeVos told members of Congress. Pressed further, she said that the commission will study “school safety and how we can ensure our students are safe at school.”

Sen. Leahy: Will your school safety commission look at the role of firearms?

Sec. DeVos: “That is not part of the commission’s charge, per se.”

Leahy: “So you’re studying gun violence but not considering the role of guns?”

DeVos: “We’re actually studying school safety.” pic.twitter.com/aGxwNHglRW

— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 5, 2018