Due to yesterdays shooting in Nevada, the USATodayjust posted the following. I am curious what everyones point of view on it is...... Do you think all schoolteachers and bus drivers should be armed? Or do you think this puts everyone in more danger? In January, the National Rifle Association, hoping to deflect criticism as well as efforts to tighten gun control laws, promoted a more guns national strategy for school safety. The so-called School Shield Program would furnish every school in America, regardless of size or grade level, with trained sharpshooters. In subsequent months, lawmakers in as many as six states have sponsored legislation to arm school teachers and train them to shoot. A new South Dakota law, for example, created school sentinels — teachers, administrators, security guards and even volunteers from the community — empowered to carry guns inside of schools to protect the student population. But what about the ball fields and playgrounds, like the one on the Sparks Middle School campus where Mondays shooting occurred? Are we going to arm gym teachers and referees in case some student gets out of hand? And what about the fleets of yellow school buses? Are we to equip bus drivers with licenses to kill on sight? You can read the full account here.. usatoday/story/opinion/2013/10/22/james-alan-fox-nevada-middle-school-shooting-access-guns/3148421/
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:16:19 +0000
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