Commentary American Federation of Teachers: NRA Proposal Will Fail to Keep Our Children and Schools Safe by Gary Kopycinski on April 4, 2013 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 Washington–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2013. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten released the following statement in response to the NRA announcement.