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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
It would make me happy if people were talking about realistic solutions to a problem of an increasingly entrenched gun culture in the states. This includes an examination into mental health services offered (not a register of anyone with a mental health issue - something which is the most offensive "solution" to date), an honest appraisal of inequalities that exist in society, as well as looking at strengthening gun laws so that safety measures such as trigger locks for existing weapons and proper storage are heavily legislated and increasingly restrictions on current weapons sales in combination with gun buy-back programs.
I think that putting armed guards in elementary schools is a foolish, expensive, knee-jerk reaction based on the horrors of a single tragedy and would do little to actually work towards protecting society and would actually serve to normalize guns and weapons around children, which I don't think is good at all.
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You don't think they are normalized now?
I am trying to look at it from a US (not Canadian) parent or grandparent perspective, and would probably feel more secure if an armed person, properly trained, was present.
I am assuming the US will exercise common sense and eventually degun itself. However, until that time, we have to deal with the present situation as it exists, and I see my proposal as a temporary measure.
Ok, to lessen the training cost, lets just limit the volunteers to retired police or military. There should be enough of them around in a sizable community.
I see this as strictly up to the school staff and parents, as to if and to how far they want to go with this.