NRA calls for armed police officers in all U.S. schools
Now I'm a gun owner myself but I'm not quite sure what to think about this.
In some ways I think... the NRA... a far right gun ownership group and just one more of their crazy ideas.
But then again, its true... if there was an armed security guard at Sandy Hook Elementary, would this tragedy have happened?
Quote:
'The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," NRA says
The executive vice-president of the National Rifle Association called on the U.S. Congress Friday to act immediately to put armed armed guards in schools.
I'm probably the only person I know that is in favour of police in schools. I suppose that might not count as an armed guard, but that's what we're talking about here. I have little faith that gun control will be implemented properly and timely enough to prevent more shootings, so we should be doing something to protect children and teachers in these environments.
Oh, and the NRA is a bunch of wackos. That press conference and the resulting mockery on twitter make that fairly evident I would say! "This is a very important conversation. We won't be taking any questions."
First it will be one guard for the entire school, when that fails it will be one at every door, then one in every class, eventually they'll suggest everyone at school should carry.
The Following User Says Thank You to burn_this_city For This Useful Post:
I'm probably the only person I know that is in favour of police in schools. I suppose that might not count as an armed guard, but that's what we're talking about here. I have little faith that gun control will be implemented properly and timely enough to prevent more shootings, so we should be doing something to protect children and teachers in these environments.
Oh, and the NRA is a bunch of wackos. That press conference and the resulting mockery on twitter make that fairly evident I would say! "This is a very important conversation. We won't be taking any questions."
Well done.
How many policemen would be required to sufficiently guard a single school of say 1000 students with perhaps 10 exits?
So let me get this straight. Let me understand this.
The NRA is composed of right-wing gun owners that, in general, defend their right to own guns because of the possible tyranny of the powers that be: the government. So, in order to protect themselves from the government, they arm themselves, and in turn need to have their children protected by that same government from the armed individuals who can get guns to protect themselves from the government. Is this right?
And, I'm going to make an assumption here, that many NRA members and gun-owners in general are supporters of the tea party and/or proponents of small government. So, in turn, they want the government to impose a new system where almost 100,000 cops are put into public schools all around the country, which would cost close to $6 billion.
I'm not convinced the NRA even believes what they're saying, and I think they realize there's no chance of it ever happening, and all they're doing is making it appear to the general public like they really do give a #### when they don't.
__________________
"An adherent of homeopathy has no brain. They have skull water with the memory of a brain."
The Following 10 Users Say Thank You to HPLovecraft For This Useful Post:
We waited a week for this? The usual fear mongering claptrap. Attack the left, attack the media, attack the video game industry, and we need more guns.
NRA calls for armed police officers in all U.S. schools
