Posted on 12/21/2012 6:48:07 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
Currently behind.
Category: Nation Voting began on 12/21/2012 Voting ends on 12/22/2012 A.Yes - 847 (26%) B.No - 2304 (70%) C.Not sure - 149 (5%)
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And suppose the cop is outside in his car attending the kids who are smoking? That was the case at Columbine. If the White House guard had been standing by the door at the Ford theatre, as he was supposed to, Lincoln would have lived out his second term.
Good point.
I also suggest that if I were in the audience and armed that night John Wilkes Booth would not have made it off that stage or I would have died also trying to kill him.
It would not have saved the President, as he was already shot by that time, but it would have established an expectation for those who would try such a thing.
In answer to the supposed question: Yes, I would have been armed and I would have gone after Booth. Also, it is not likely that I would miss if I shot at him unless he shot me first.
It is a moot point, to be sure, history is what it is, but it is also just a matter of one’s own set of values and what one is prepared to do at any given moment in time. I wasn’t there so we will never know that outcome, will we.?
GOD Bless,
RAWGUY
First I don't believe those people assigned for security have to be police officers.
How many 6 and 7 year old kids drive to school and smoke?
The LEO in the small town where my grandchild goes to elementary school pulled his deputies out of the headquarters when they are assigned to desk duty and put them in the school. They do their paper work there. The school gave them an office. Now the children are protected and the officers still get their paper work done. No extra cost. That is using common sense to solve a problem on the local level. No gov. needed.
How about a security system designed and installed by professionals in the business instead of school administrators paper programs that have been rescently accepted as adequate by the teachers union president, “we dont need an armed camp we need safe and nurturing environment for our teachers and students” Parents look beyond the emotion these cretans are once again hoping to calm your fears with NOTHING but the same, your children are still in danger guns or no guns
While I agree with the NRA’s basic idea I would prefer we allow (selected) teachers to be armed.
I don’t understand the problem here. Every school in America has at least one security guard already. JUST ARM HIM!
The point I make is that the policeman may also be out of position. There is no sure thing. All you can do is to minimize the damage.
The audience was confused, giving them little time to react. Only in movies does the hero always react with lightning speed. In real life, it is the rare individual to who is able to react in time.
Or his gun could jam, or his radio could be in the shop, or.......
So shall we continue with what has proven not stop or deter mass murder?
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