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Happy Thursday! Last night, while I was listening to the radio, I overheard some interesting news. In Florida, Teachers are now permitted to bring guns to the classroom.
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Please read the article below to gain a better understanding of the regulations behind Florida's decision.

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The Florida Senate has approved a bill that brings the state one step closer to allowing teachers in all of its 67 school districts to carry guns on campus for protection.

The State Senate voted 22-17 on Tuesday, mainly along party lines, to advance the bill to its final stage: the more conservative State House, according to The Hill. If passed by the House, the new legislation would permit teachers to report to school armed - but only after they've passed a psychological test and had at least 144 hours of training at a sheriff's office. Approval of the school district would also be necessary.

The bill comes more than a year after Florida's tragic Parkland shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 14 students and three staff members were killed on Feb. 14, 2018. The massacre prompted the state's lawmakers to enact aggressive gun restrictions, including banning teachers from carrying firearms to class, though other school employees were allowed to be armed.

But a recent state commission investigation into the Parkland shooting found that lives could have been saved if armed faculty members on the inside had intervened in the precious moments before police arrived, especially considering that the shooter left himself vulnerable when he paused five different times to reload, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. This conclusion led Florida lawmakers to do an about-face and seek to overturn the ban on teachers carrying guns.

"Who is first during that first three minutes is key, somebody who could respond," said Sen. Dennis K. Baxley, who supports the bill.

Florida has been laying the groundwork for armed teachers in schools all along. Of the state's 67 school districts, 25 have already adopted a "guardian program" for training school staffers who volunteer to carry a gun on campus. If authorized to bear arms, Florida teachers could also utilize the program.

Like other school employees, teachers would only carry guns on a voluntary basis - they would not be required to be armed. But the boundaries are still hazy, as some workers joined the guardian program reluctantly, according to the New York Times, because they felt pressured to comply with a state requirement that every school campus have armed security.

The core argument of Democrats who oppose the idea of armed teachers, though, is that schools should be investing in "real, true, well-trained law enforcement" on campus, as Sen. Bill Montford put it, instead of arming teachers. In fact, many detractors vehemently oppose the bill on the grounds that students will actually feel less safe knowing their teachers are armed, and that this scenario introduces a greater chance of a student being accidentally shot than being saved in the event of a school shooting.

Even Max Schachter, a member of the state commission whose 14-year-old son, Alex, lost his life in the Parkland shooting, opposed arming teachers for the sake of kids' wellbeing. And many students are saying they don't want their teachers to bring guns to school at all.

About 150 students demonstrated with the March for Our Lives movement at the State Capitol in Tallahassee recently to oppose the expansion of the existing guardian program. And one Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student, 16-year-old Sari Kaufman, wrote an op-ed for the Sun-Sentinel expressing deep worry and concern over the choice to arm teachers.

In her essay, Kaufman advocated for stricter gun laws, writing, "There are better ways to protect our schools. Research shows that policies that keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them - policies like requiring a criminal background check on every gun sale - actually save lives. There isn't research that says the same thing about arming teachers."

But supporters of the push to arm teachers are making their voices heard, too. Among them is Florida's governor, Ron DeSantis, who expressed his support of trained and entirely voluntary armed teachers back in January.

"If you're somebody who is working at a school and you are somebody who is trained and has the ability to do it, then you shouldn't be precluded," DeSantis said, according to the Pensacola News Journal. "But what I would not do is say, 'Oh, Miss Jones, you want to teach English? Well, do you have a Glock?' No. I mean, we should not force anybody to do that."

Republican Sen. Manny Diaz, also supports the rights of teachers to be armed. He said, "This bill does not arm one single, solitary teacher. What this bill does is provide the 67 school districts, the 67 different communities in this state, with the ability to do what they need to do to protect our kids." He added, "Those that have law enforcement 20 to 25 minutes away need another option to protect those kids."

In addition to arming teachers, the new legislation, if it passes, could introduce other safety provisions in school. This could include mental health assessments and revised reporting protocols when it comes to violence and political threats.
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'You want to teach English? Well, do you have a Glock?': Florida Senate approves bill to arm teachers with guns

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The Florida Senate has approved a bill that brings the state one step closer to allowing teachers in all of its 67 school districts to carry guns on campus for protection. The State Senate voted 22-17 on Tuesday, mainly along party lines, to advance the bill to its final stage: the more conservative State House, according to The Hill .

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I believe that teachers should NOT have the right to have a gun. If the gun is in the wrong hands, then a crazy teacher would have the gun and can shoot a kid if they do something wrong. There was a teacher in California who lost her job by cutting a student's hair in the classroom. If stuff like this is going down, then teachers shouldn't have a gun. While having a gun in the classroom may come in handy during a shooting. It's more likely to be  used in an act of rage.

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I believe that teachers should be able to carry guns in schools. In

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I do not agree with this. The concept of arming people with the problem constantly perpetuates this. You can't deter violence with more weapons, it just wouldn't work. A clever or stronger adversary could get the gun, OR a disgruntled teacher. Sure the odds are in the favor of the teachers if these are not the case but it just promotes more issues. Teachers are here not to harm but to teach. We have law enforcement to stop situations like this. Whats a handgun going to do to a Assault Rifle? Violence breeds violence and the best way to prevent these issues is to help not hurt, you can't save everybody and arming the teachers will just create more problems.

LONG STORY SHORT, GET RID OF ALL THE GUNS AND LETS GO BACK TO SWORDS AND SPEARS, COMBAT WILL BE DECIDED BY SKILL NOT BY WHO HAS THE BETTER GUN.

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I agree with teachers being able to bring weapons to school because if teachers carry guns, they are able to protect their students and themselves. Also if people know teachers have guns they will not be tempted to shoot up the school. In the article it states "But a recent state commission investigation into the Parkland shooting found that lives could saved if armed faculty members on the inside...". This shows that teachers are wanting guns because they said they could have done something about it if they were armed. Also I feel like students would feel more protected if Teachers had guns

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I agree with this because it will save lives in the future and it will allow teachers to better respond to dangerous incidents like shootings. This helps teachers protect the lives of their students but also helps them keep their lives safe. The article says, " But a recent state commission investigation into the Parkland shooting found that lives could have been saved if armed faculty members on the inside had intervened in the precious moments before police arrived, especially considering that the shooter left himself vulnerable when he paused five different times to reload..." This shows how lives could have been saved in the shooting by allowing teachers to injure the shooter so he can be arrested and leave the streets. I think that if guns are allowed in schools then schools who implement this law will be overall safer. This is the case because if someone is trying to shoot up the school then they might be more scared to attempt the shooting. The text also says, "  but only after they’ve passed a psychological test and had at least 144 hours of training at a sheriff’s office. Approval of the school district would also be necessary." This means that with the new gun laws the teachers would know how to shoot a gun and wouldn't have to injure someone they didn't want too.

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With the proper training, and knowing that teachers are mentally sound, and know what they are doing, they should be allowed to carry a firearm if they please. If it comes down to a life or death situation, teachers have to think about if they would rather be uncomfortable using a firearm or give up their own lives "protecting" the students in their classrooms. Then there is the fact that schools could just put cops all around campus, this could become a problem if the officers are already occupied or cannot get to the threat in time to prevent it. This would call for the need to allow teachers to directly protect their own lives, instead of having to literally put their lives in the hands of others.

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I believe that teachers should not have guns. This is because it really isn't necessary. We could just always have 2 or 3 cops on school grounds. So if it was needed the cops could take care of the issue. Teachers didn't sign up to shoot anyone and also the teachers aren't qualified to own a gun and even if they were I don't trust a teacher walking around with a gun because you never really know what a person is capable of. For example a teacher could end up getting in a divorce and having no will to live and they could decide to take out their anger on all of the students. Or a student could make a teacher furious and the teacher could decide to shoot them. The text states  “There are better ways to protect our schools. Research shows that policies that keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them." This shows that teachers should not have guns because we don't need to take a big risk like this when we already have people who are capable of taking care of this because that is their profession. A teacher is a teacher to teach and shouldnt have to shoot anyone.

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IF THEY CAN PROTECT THE KIDS IT IS BETTER THAN IT IS BETTER THAN NOTHING IF YOU CAN DO WHAT KNEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE THE POLICE GET THIEAR AND YOU NEED TOYOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT AT THAT TIME

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I believe teachers should be able to carry firearms because it will protect student lives. In the text  it states ,“Who is first during that first three minutes is key, somebody who could respond,”. To clarify, first respondents could be the teachers with a firearm and save many more lives. In this situation time isn't money but time is saving lives. This does not only protect students but teachers as well from firearm bearers with bad intention. I would disagree with the statement if the teachers had no training with firearms, but do to the fact multiple hours of gun training is required i believe it is a reasonable addition to schools. I do believe it should only be available to the teachers who would like to protect their students because many teachers their school is safe enough without being militarized. I believe the gun should have a key to access it so students do not make any poor decisions with an accessible fire arm - Drew Martinez

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I believe teachers should be able to carry firearms because it will protect student lives. In the text  it states ,“Who is first during that first three minutes is key, somebody who could respond,”. To clarify, first respondents could be the teachers with a firearm and save many more lives. In this situation time isn't money but time is saving lives. This does not only protect students but teachers as well from firearm bearers with bad intention. I would disagree with the statement if the teachers had no training with firearms, but do to the fact multiple hours of gun training is required i believe it is a reasonable addition to schools. I do believe it should only be available to the teachers who would like to protect their students because many teachers their school is safe enough without being militarized. I believe the gun should have a key to access it so students do not make any poor decisions with an accessible fire arm - Drew Martinez

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I think that teachers shouldn't be able to hold firearms because kids could take them or other teachers could be unstable. a teacher can have a bad day or something happened with them so they start a rampage. Plus kids at this school joke about things like that so if a teacher can be over powered easily a kid will know and could take the gun. people could say they should just in case of defense with a school shooter." Most law enforcement experts agree that school staff should not carry guns because they lack the tactical knowledge of handling weapons that trained law enforcement personnel receive on a regular basis"(Long). But it could save people but thats police job. If the front office had a gun then i would agree but not with all teacher

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I believe that it would be unnecessary for teachers to carry firearms because there is a psychological factor you have to incorporate into this situation. Teachers are humans too, so they are subject to emotions, including negative ones like anger, fear, sadness, and loss of hope. The school should be protected enough to not have to millitarize the staff at a school. There is also the fact that someone else could steal the firearm and cause a significant tragedy. We could use trigger locks to prevent this, but the time it would take to get the lock off before a dangerous person came through the door could render it too late. Also coupling this with the fact that this would also be an extremely stressful and intense situation, and there is infinite room for fatal mistakes. In the text, "But a recent state commission investigation into the Parkland shooting found that lives could have been saved if armed faculty members on the inside had intervened in the precious moments before police arrived, especially considering that the shooter left himself vulnerable when he paused five different times to reload, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel." This is a very good piece of evidence, and it is right in most areas. But this does not account for all the other factors, like how the shooting situation goes. It can be very stressful and mistakes can and will be made. There is also the fact that you would be leaving the responsibility, or rather, challenge, to save the lives of the students, and potentially 🤬 someone.

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Teachers should be allowed to carry firearms because if there was a school threat, and the police had not arrived yet, then who would defend the school. Only teachers should carry a firearm with a permit, (if needed) a background check, and know how to handle, fire, and clean a firearm. "But a recent state commission investigation into the Parkland shooting found that lives could have been saved if armed faculty members on the inside had intervened in the precious moments before police arrived, especially considering that the shooter left himself vulnerable when he paused five different times to reload." The quote says that lives could have been saved due to school staff being issued firearms. - Matthew Shaffer

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Teachers should be allowed to carry firearms because if there was a school threat, and the police had not arrived yet, then who would defend the school. Only teachers should carry a firearm with a permit, (if needed) a background check, and know how to handle, fire, and clean a firearm. "But a recent state commission investigation into the Parkland shooting found that lives could have been saved if armed faculty members on the inside had intervened in the precious moments before police arrived, especially considering that the shooter left himself vulnerable when he paused five different times to reload." The quote says that lives could have been saved due to school staff being issued firearms. - Matthew Shaffer

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teachers should be able to have a gun but one per department so one persons life is at stake. also its not necessary for  EVERY  teacher to have a gun b/c it could freak out some kids. just a small amount could save many life.  I would get the mental tests done and who ever came out the best mentally should be in charge of the gun. Im not disagreeing on guns just not hundreds at school.also kids are gonna steal the gun just most kids these  day just take and do and not think. and end up shooting them self or another kid.

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I do NOT agreed with teachers arming themselves with guns because it can eventually be harmful on school grounds instead of being safe from other harm. Some teachers may not be experienced with guns before, they might accidentally hurt someone. As for students, they also do not agreed with teachers carrying guns for their safety or well-being. Students who has social medias even talked about this. For example, from Human Mel, stated: "Black students already face disproportionate violence by teachers and school police compared to their white peers. This is going to get a child shot." I highly agreed with them, this can get someone hurt if violence were brought to school by teachers. If teachers brought guns to school here, everyone, including students, would be afraid and nervous. I'd be scared and worried too, I wouldn't even have the guts to tell a teacher, who has a gun, to put it down.

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in my opinion teachers should be able to carry guns but would have to go through mental check ups and go to the shooting range and get at least 144 hours.(but only after they’ve passed a psychological test and had at least 144 hours of training at a sheriff’s office.)teachers should also carry guns just i case if there is an active shooter. Teachers should also be equipt with a kevlar(bulletproof) vest locked up in a crate and only the teacher has the key.
Teacher should also be equipt with a alarm activated only by a key to warn the whole school that there is a shooter.

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I don't believe that teachers should be allowed to carry guns.  If we allow teachers to carry guns then what is the point of having police officers? The job of a teacher is to TEACH their students not protect them with a gun.  This is the job of police officers.  They are trained when and where to use their guns, unlike teachers who are trained to teach students.  As the article says " schools should be investing in 'real, true, well-trained law enforcement' on campus"( Solomon), If we need more protection on campus then we need to get more security guards that have more than 144 hours of training. Think about your least favorite teacher. Now think about that teacher carrying a gun around with the power to shoot whoever they want. Everyday you might fear that this teacher could go absolutely insane and shoot everyone.

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I do Not Agree with teachers having fire arms. because it really dangerou

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I do Not Agree with teachers having fire arms. because it really dangerou

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i think teachers should not be able to carry weapons. the reason for this is because nobody completely knows who is stable mentally, to be able to carry a fire arm.For me personally i would not feel comfortable in class with the class with someone having a gun. not only for my safety but for everyone else's safety. “There are better ways to protect our schools. Research shows that policies that keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them ...". some people might argue that teachers need a firearm to protect themselves and their students. this is influenced by all of the most recent school shootings. i just think that teachers dont need to carry one, the schools should just increase the school protection.

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I believe that teachers should be allowed to carry fire arms. It can help them protect them selves and their students. If there is an intruder in the building, carrying a firearm can potentially save lives. The article states, "But a recent state commission investigation into the Parkland shooting found that lives could have been saved if armed faculty members on the inside had intervened in the precious moments before police arrived, especially considering that the shooter left himself vulnerable when he paused five different times to reload." (soloman) This shows that if this law was put in place back then, these kids could still be alive. Teachers will also have the proper training to use the gun so they can be trusted with a weapon. Teachers also get a choice if they want to have a firearm at school so if they do not feel comfortable having a weapon they don't have to. This makes sure that The teachers and the students can feel comfortable in the classroom and ensures that they are safe.

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teachers should not be able to carry a gun but they should be able to have some type of protection for the students in the class room and the schools should just look out for false behavior having a gun in the classroom could mean students would be able to get ahold of it if they really  wanted to because most students are bigger then the teahers 

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teachers should not be able to carry a gun but they should be able to have some type of protection for the students in the class room and the schools should just look out for false behavior having a gun in the classroom could mean students would be able to get ahold of it if they really  wanted to because most students are bigger then the teahers 

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I disagree with teachers having the ability to carry a gun around school. The possibility of someone not in the right mind set taking advantage of having a fire arm around them is far to high. I feel students would feel a lot safer if guns were not involved in a school environment unless it was in the hands of security. As an example, the article states " There are a lot better ways to protect our school"(soloman)

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Although having a firearm might make students feel more protected it might make some fee less safe then before. i do not agree with having fire arms on campus because you never really know what someones true intentions are. you could be permitting someone to have a gun when they have a vendeta to cause violence. in the text it states " teachers dont need a gun they need a raise". in other words teachers should not be the deciding factor for a life or death situation. Allowing this to happen would create anarchy.

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I disagree because i think that teachers do not need guns in their classroom. For one the teachers might not be able to handle having a gun inside a classroom. “Teachers don’t need a gun. They need a raise.” This quote explains how none of the teachers need guns in classes instead they need to get raises. keeping a gun inside a classroom is not safe for the students especially if they are students who are in elementary. No kids should be around guns because many things can go wrong with having it in a classroom. if the students a gun who knows what they are going to do even when a teacher is not around. Some teachers are not responsible enough to even keep a fire armed or trusted by anyone which makes things more unsafe not only for the students but also for the staff and teachers working in that school.

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I disagree with arming teachers in school as most people have agreed on that there is no need for it. This is because of the chances of schools getting attacked increasing, such as a teacher not being mentally stable enough to be armed and could fire on students in events of anger. This is more likely to cause chaos during these events, or cause panic or fear in the students around the teacher. For example, the article quotes that, "and that this scenario introduces a greater chance of a student being accidentally shot than being saved in the event of a school shooting"(soloman). This shows the possibility and accidents that we shouldn't risk happening. I think schools should have few trained law enforcement members on campus. Also many students would be afraid being around their teachers knowing they are armed. For example the article also states that, "opposed arming teachers for the sake of kids’ wellbeing. And many students are saying they don’t want their teachers to bring guns to school at all"(soloman). this shows that they would be creating the opposite of what they wanted which is having the students live in constant fear or worry in school about their teachers. All this shows is that there are better solutions to problems like these, and that arming teachers and staff members will solve the problem.

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I elaborate and believe that scholastic peers shouldn't be armed on school property. I feel teachers shouldn't have guns on school property because there could be many outcomes from a teacher with a firearm. For example the article states "Its a very bad idea with giving schools gun permission". The quote conveys that schools shouldn't let peers have firearms because, when a teacher has a firearm the outcome of a situation being handled maturely is low. For example if there were to become an incident in the school the chances of a teacher winning the gun fight would be very low. The reason why is because when a school shooting occurs it happens to be a assault riffle and a had gun gun wouldn't be a equal fight to a hand gun.

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I do not agree with teachers having fire arms because its a really bad idea.what if a student or teacher is having a bad day and takes it out on the school.what if a student takes the gun from teacher and decides to do something.there is a lot of things that can go wrong with giving a school gun permission.one article said ''Its a very bad idea with giving schools gun permission''.This quote is explaining that teachers don't need guns they need raises.instead of arming teaches they should bring in police officers cause it would be a lot safer than a teacher having gun permission.

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I believe that teachers should not be aloud to have guns in school. Instead of arming the teachers just have at least one or two police officers at the school to protect it. Also taking into consideration the fact that some people are not mentally capable of carrying a gun shows that it is not safe but according to them teachers can carry guns "only after they’ve passed a psychological test". Although people get background checks this doesn't stop other people from taking their guns and doing bad things with them. Imagine if someone were to have a bad day and they got a hold of another gun that wasn't theirs. Guns should be let to the professionals and not to the teachers.

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I think teachers should have guns IF THEY WANT. But first get a background check on them. Make sure hey have experience shooting so they can defend themselves against possible School shooters.

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I believe that teachers should not be able to carry firearms. If teachers were to carry guns then it can led to more chances of others to get hurt. The article states,  "...a greater chance of a being accidentally shot than being saved in the event of a school shooting.

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“There are better ways to protect our schools. Research shows that policies that keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them

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teachers should not have guns in the classroom

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I believe teachers should be able to carry guns in school. This would help combat the school shooting problem the United States has been experiencing for years. In 2018 there were a total of 37 school shootings in the United States. The most well known of these was the Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting, which saw the death of 17 people and another 17 injured. In the aftermath of the shooting students protested for better gun regulations, and had success. Now more than a year later in the same state as the shooting happened a bill has almost passed that would let teachers carry guns in schools. The same regulations that were passed in the Parkland shooting bill will be in affect for this bill. The Yahoo article states, “the new legislation would permit teachers to report to school armed — but only after they’ve passed a psychological test and had at least 144 hours of training at a sheriff’s office”. So not anyone would be able to carry a gun in school, and if the time comes the person with the gun would be able to take down the aggressor. This could be the last line of defense if all else fails and would save lives. This why I believe teachers if they so desire to do so, carry guns.

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