PatsWSB47

Did Newtown do the wrong thing?

RI Patriots fan

Who said that it had to be every school in the country? But what's wrong with a state or county or city or even just a school deciding they want an armed protector(s) at their school?

Gun free zones sure as hell don't work. It seems that Newton has decided on armed protectors. So where is the criticism?

Mrs.PatsFanInVa

Um, that would be The NRA who said that.

NRA chief urges armed guards in 'every single school,' dismisses calls for gun control | Fox News

RI Patriots fan

So you're saying that if the NRA had suggested putting armed protectors in schools only if the local government/populace wanted those protectors, then Progressives wouldn't have objected? Yeah, right.

JackBauer

No. But it's also a far cry from a policy of staffing all schools with police/armed guards.

JackBauer

The reason there's no criticism is you're conflating two things that are not in any way, shape, or form the same.

Mrs.PatsFanInVa

To be honest, I'm not sure that anyone here objected to armed police or guards in schools....I think what they protested was armed teachers and armed ancillary school personnel.

But now that you mention it, yeah, I think the school districts ought to have a say in it....that's usually what you conservatives want, isn't it? Smaller government, less federal interference, more states rights and state choice?

Seems kinda funny to me that now, on this matter at least, all the neo-cons are all about fed trump state.

So, I'll ask once again, who pays for it? And how? I like kids. I'm fine with my taxes being increased on either a state or federal level to pay for it - are you?

Harry Boy

They're right, it's what the New America now needs.

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RI Patriots fan

Actually, it's exactly the same thing. Armed protectors in school....NRA suggested it.....Newton is doing it.

JackBauer

Do I need to write this in Crayola for you?

There's a difference between a nationwide policy to put an armed guard in every school and a school in a town where a massacre just occurred making that decision.

Is it starting to sink in?