NRA's statement on Sandy Hook: put an armed officer in every school in America

[cygnus2112]

There was armed school police, nypd officers, and metal detectors at my old high school beach channel in far rockaway. That didnt stop the daily slashings, muggings, gang beatings, in class animalistic behavior, teachers just sitting down and not teaching*while the entire classroom is yelling, fighting, cursing, playing cards, and dealing drugs.

[ohmicah]

how lame.
desperation=really grasping at the meaningless

Please enlighten me. Your message is a bit cryptic.

[ohmicah]

Thats the federal government job, not the states.

The Military is supposed to go overseas and defend America.

The National Guard is supposed stay at home to defend individual states.

[stripes]

There was armed school police, nypd officers, and metal detectors at my old high school beach channel in far rockaway. That didnt stop the daily slashings, muggings, gang beatings, in class animalistic behavior, teachers just sitting down and not teaching*while the entire classroom is yelling, fighting, cursing, playing cards, and dealing drugs.

thats just avg noo yawk behavior, nothing to see, move along.

[PI Nate]

There was armed school police, nypd officers, and metal detectors at my old high school beach channel in far rockaway. That didnt stop the daily slashings, muggings, gang beatings, in class animalistic behavior, teachers just sitting down and not teaching*while the entire classroom is yelling, fighting, cursing, playing cards, and dealing drugs.

He shockingly still behaves like a monkey...

[SouthernListen]

Who is supposed to pay for all this armed guard protection? I'm guessing that a good number of NRA guys are vehemently opposed to tax increases.

Just for laughs, not that I necessarily support that proposition, let's point something out. A typical public school system spends about $12,000/pupil/year. In a school with 500 kids, that's $6M/school/year. That school might have 50 employees, including janitorial, mental health, nursing, administrative, etc. You're telling me spending $50,000 on Barney Fife, or .8% of costs, is going to break the bank? Maybe the 3rd lunch lady and the "audio visual specialist" or any of the legions of "administrators" who never set foot in a school could be laid off, eh?

Oh yeah, for the OP, the genius who suggested using military personnel in schools for domestic law enforcement in violation of the posse comitatus act was Nancy Pelosi, former Democrat House Speaker. Anyone with an idiot's knowledge of banana republics and violent overthrow of governments knows you don't use armies to police your nation, or you eventually become some dictator General's subject.

Beside that point, local governments run schools. Let them do what they want.

[SouthernListen]

Foreign, dyslexic or illiterate people could take it differently and I'm sure crazy people might enjoy the challenge or simply don't care.

I'm absolutely for some increased level of expectation of protective arms to be in schools but am also suspicious when theres huge amounts of money having to be put on the table. (for gun mfgs, guard companies,individual guards, insurance companies, the eventual accidental mishap and lawsuits etc),

I read a good question the other day. How often does one hear of a mass shooting at a gun show? Or a police station? Or a shooting range?

[SouthernListen]

Just the Catholic ones. Some of those priests can be pretty grabby I hear.

Churches have been the scenes of bloodshed too. Should we have an armed guard in every church?

[ohmicah]

Just for laughs, not that I necessarily support that proposition, let's point something out. A typical public school system spends about $12,000/pupil/year. In a school with 500 kids, that's $6M/school/year. That school might have 50 employees, including janitorial, mental health, nursing, administrative, etc. You're telling me spending $50,000 on Barney Fife, or .8% of costs, is going to break the bank? Maybe the 3rd lunch lady and the "audio visual specialist" or any of the legions of "administrators" who never set foot in a school could be laid off, eh?

Oh yeah, for the OP, the genius who suggested using military personnel in schools for domestic law enforcement in violation of the posse comitatus act was Nancy Pelosi, former Democrat House Speaker. Anyone with an idiot's knowledge of banana republics and violent overthrow of governments knows you don't use armies to police your nation, or you eventually become some dictator General's subject.

Beside that point, local governments run schools. Let them do what they want.

Uh, the Posse Comitatus Act was eliminated in recent years. The US Military now has authority to "protect" US citizens on American soil. A job that was originally meant for the National Guard.

[Chimney Portions]

Thats the federal government job, not the states.

[blottomsup]

Just for laughs, not that I necessarily support that proposition, let's point something out. A typical public school system spends about $12,000/pupil/year. In a school with 500 kids, that's $6M/school/year. That school might have 50 employees, including janitorial, mental health, nursing, administrative, etc. You're telling me spending $50,000 on Barney Fife, or .8% of costs, is going to break the bank? Maybe the 3rd lunch lady and the "audio visual specialist" or any of the legions of "administrators" who never set foot in a school could be laid off, eh?

Oh yeah, for the OP, the genius who suggested using military personnel in schools for domestic law enforcement in violation of the posse comitatus act was Nancy Pelosi, former Democrat House Speaker. Anyone with an idiot's knowledge of banana republics and violent overthrow of governments knows you don't use armies to police your nation, or you eventually become some dictator General's subject.

Beside that point, local governments run schools. Let them do what they want.

So is your point that putting an armed guard in every school in the country would not be costly in the aggregate? If so, that's a difficult proposition to justify.

Or is your point that it would be costly to put an armed guard in every school but the cost could be absorbed in every instance by elimination of some number of valueless positions at each school? That's also a difficult proposition to justify, and also extremely presumptive.

I'm curious, what kind of qualifications are you expecting for a $50,000 per year salary?

[srricks]

Forget Cops/Armed Guards, let's arm the kids! That'll way more entertaining for the media…

[slats7]

Fucking gun-grabbing fascists at the NY Daily News can't even get their facts straight. That's Ryan Lanza in that photo, not his evil brother Adam. And how dare that company make a perfectly legal rifle! Where's their conscience??!!

[ohmicah]

Forget Cops/Armed Guards, let's arm the kids! That'll way more entertaining for the media…

They are doing just that in Texas.

[Imus O Sternsky]

Fucking gun-grabbing fascists at the NY Daily News can't even get their facts straight. That's Ryan Lanza in that photo, not his evil brother Adam. And how dare that company make a perfectly legal rifle! Where's their conscience??!!

Just more biased bullshit from a bunch of filthy media whore scumbags

[SiriusDawg]

Just more biased bullshit from a bunch of filthy media whore scumbags

Hopefully the bias bullshiters keep it up. I love seeing the Pro-Gun people in an angry state. Seeing their heads explode with stricter gun laws will be even better.

[InstigatinMofo]

Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he plans to deploy his "armed volunteer posse" to Phoenix-area schools

when this asshole is on your side you know you are ............

[Chimney Portions]

PS: I actually like John Stewart. A lot. But find it funny that he and his entire writing staff couldn't confirm that Beretta makes and imports shotguns. That's the news media in nutshell....and, sadly, he's lampooning it.

[newcastlefan]

Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he plans to deploy his "armed volunteer posse" to Phoenix-area schools

when this asshole is on your side you know you are ............

if that were really accurate everyone would be fucked:

Obama has Joe Beiden;
the GOP has Sarah Palin;
the NRA has that Az retard.
the Democrats have Rev Al.
the anti-gun people have (among others) Dave & Fred

no group is free of the wacko contingent.