Originally Posted by 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?

Originally Posted by RI Patriots fan

So if these Progressive organizations disagree with what Newton is doing, why don't they speak out and criticize them?

Originally Posted by JackBauer

I really can't tell if you're being serious with this or this is some kind of attempt at trolling.

Originally Posted by RI Patriots fan

oh, I'm serious. I'm wondering if you actually have something to bring to this discussion or maybe you just like to type.

Originally Posted by JackBauer

Typically I like to save my prolixity for those who show an ability to reason at or above a high school level.

But for humor's sake if you had to think for a second, if only from a PR perspective, why these organizations would be reluctant to criticize Newtown, what would you come up with?

Originally Posted by RI Patriots fan

Oh......insulting my intelligence. I see. Well, I've found that people who resort to ad hominems do so out of weakness. Either weakness due to a lack of intelligence or weakness in their argument.

Either way I have no use for people who can't argue without name calling. Plus on this board, I've been told, it is a violation of board rules.

So...go pound sand.

Originally Posted by Hamar

I don't know if I am really for or against having police in schools. I do think that it might have prevented the 20 dead school kids in Newton. The killer killed himself as soon as he heard the approach of the police. He obviously did not want a confrontation with other people that were armed (for whatever pyscho reason).


So there is a question of if he would have attacked the school had there been an armed police officer there.

Of course, crazy will be crazy and these type of things will continue to happen. You can't really put a police officer in every movie theater or fast food place and so on.

Originally Posted by RI Patriots fan

A coalition of progressive organizations, including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Advancement Project, the Alliance for Educational Justice, and the Dignity in Schools Campaign, is arguing that adding additional police officers, including those with guns, to schools throughout the country only further the current ‘school-to-prison’ culture currently found in many of our country’s urban schools.

Originally Posted by IcyPatriot

They are there often already through the DARE program ...

Perhaps more education can be added to it somehow ...

Who knows kids getting to know cops better could help in other areas perhaps???