This is nothing new. Promise. There are schools across the country that have had at least one armed LAW ENFORCEMENT officer, not a guard; a law enforcement officer in schools. That won't stop a gunman armed to carry out his own personal war.
Armed officers in schools go back to the 90s BEFORE Columbine occurred. It is common practice in many school districts. Weapons have been a problem for a long time in the southern USA. It is not uncommon for principals to have to deal with weapons in their schools.
This way of thinking doesn't carry brevity in the real world. By some magical idea an armed guard is suppose to stop someone equipped with body armor, hand grenades, smoke bombs and assault weapons. What planet does the NRA live on? Maybe we need one of those Robo Drone Soldiers Rumsfeld dreams of.
Ed Pikington
2 April 2013
The National Rifle Association has unveiled (click here) its recommendations for placing at least one armed guard inside every school campus in the country in proposals that were immediately denounced by gun control advocates as radical and dangerous...
This happened in 1997. FX made a movie about this. The bank robbers changed the way patrol officers were outfitted in Los Angeles after this incident. The gun battle went on for 44 minutes before the gunmen were finally killed.
SHOOTOUT IN L.A. 2 "armed-for-war' robbers killed; 16 hurt in failed heist (click here)
Paula Story The Associated Press
March 1, 1997; Page A-02
Section: 1A SECTION
Article ID: 672339 -- 610 words
LOS ANGELES -- Dressed like commandos, a group of masked robbers bungled a bank heist Friday and came out firing, unleashing their arsenal on police, bystanders, cars and even the TV choppers broadcasting it all live
When the shooting stopped, two robbers were dead and at least five bystanders and nine police officers were wounded by gunfire. One other officer and one civilian were injured in a related car wreck.
Bank customers and employees locked themselves in a vault
It is not a school but the power of available weaponry in the USA has a long history. There is nothing new here. The NRA are trying to say they have some kind of new idea about providing a safer school environment.
NOT.
Who is going to pay for all this? The NRA?
The gunmen that threaten our children's lives can out gun the guards that are suppose to stop them. It won't work.
The country needs to take these problems seriously and do something about it. the NRA needs to promote hunting, skeet shooting and target practice for enjoyment not private wars of choice.
Armed officers in schools go back to the 90s BEFORE Columbine occurred. It is common practice in many school districts. Weapons have been a problem for a long time in the southern USA. It is not uncommon for principals to have to deal with weapons in their schools.
This way of thinking doesn't carry brevity in the real world. By some magical idea an armed guard is suppose to stop someone equipped with body armor, hand grenades, smoke bombs and assault weapons. What planet does the NRA live on? Maybe we need one of those Robo Drone Soldiers Rumsfeld dreams of.
Ed Pikington
2 April 2013
The National Rifle Association has unveiled (click here) its recommendations for placing at least one armed guard inside every school campus in the country in proposals that were immediately denounced by gun control advocates as radical and dangerous...
This happened in 1997. FX made a movie about this. The bank robbers changed the way patrol officers were outfitted in Los Angeles after this incident. The gun battle went on for 44 minutes before the gunmen were finally killed.
SHOOTOUT IN L.A. 2 "armed-for-war' robbers killed; 16 hurt in failed heist (click here)
Paula Story The Associated Press
March 1, 1997; Page A-02
Section: 1A SECTION
Article ID: 672339 -- 610 words
LOS ANGELES -- Dressed like commandos, a group of masked robbers bungled a bank heist Friday and came out firing, unleashing their arsenal on police, bystanders, cars and even the TV choppers broadcasting it all live
It is not a school but the power of available weaponry in the USA has a long history. There is nothing new here. The NRA are trying to say they have some kind of new idea about providing a safer school environment.
NOT.
Who is going to pay for all this? The NRA?
The gunmen that threaten our children's lives can out gun the guards that are suppose to stop them. It won't work.
The country needs to take these problems seriously and do something about it. the NRA needs to promote hunting, skeet shooting and target practice for enjoyment not private wars of choice.
