FTR I think the PS system is as broken as the USSR circa 1983, but they could try putting real men in schools as authority figures. I know when pigs fly.
72% Yes agree with NRA
28% No
Pull all the cops from the courthouses and put them in the schools. They could win the WoD at the same time.
Yes(73%)
No(27%)
When did big government solutions become a conservative ideal?
Cowardice is a powerful motivator.
Perhaps this would also discourage pedophile teachers. Just saying.
If by “officer” you mean a teacher, principal or parent, then yes.
I could be wrong, but IIRC, the NRA wasn’t suggesting armed officers. I thought they wanted volunteers from the community, specifically former police and military or otherwise trained civilians.
Having armed guards at schools? Ridiculous idea. Our society didn’t need them before, and we don’t need them now. It won’t happen anyway, but if it does, it will bring unionized TSA gropers to the schoolhouse.
Besides, the chance of your kid being killed in a Newton-style shooting is less than being struck by lightening, twice on the same day.
LaPierre should stick to the common and true themes when dealing with the hostile leftist press - the CONSTITUTION, a violent society, HOLLYWOOD, TV, video games and the fact that the NRA is an absolute promoter of safety and training.
Wouldn't it be nice if someone was there BEFORE an evenet?? It's called prevention.
There is no damn law that will stop bad people from arming themselves. Never has been....never will be.
I think the armed “officers” should be selected employees of the school. They should get a little extra pay just as a teacher does if they are also a coach.
We have the TSA, so why can’t we have the SSA, the School Safety Administration.
Imagine blue shirted security guards at at every school entrance screening all packages, patting down little kids for illegal PBJ sandwiches, and confiscating illegal substances from the high school kids.
It is a win-win for all. There could be a government union for them or we could just make it a subset of the Teacher’s union. To have uniformity in all the schools, the SSA would have to be federal. They wouldn’t even have to be armed. They could have those collapsible nightsticks that all the cool policeman have.
The SSA could be staffed with all the high schoolers that don’t go on to college. A ready made job machine for the US.
Any of you freepers want to sign up?
No. We need to do what liberals do - they want to throw out the Constitution for a plan that has ZERO proof of working.
We need to do the same.
Conservatives can push for laws requiring all citizens to go to Church once a week. We think it’s a values problem, they think it’s guns - both groups are willing to force their will on the other.
I’m tired of the one sided trashing of the Constitution - we can do that too FOR THE CHILDREN - I’m sure they won’t object.
How about select teachers who have military experience or are hunters or gun safety teachers be made official School Marshals. They could earn a few extra bucks and not cost as much as an official full time armed guard. There is little chance of an armed guard being where needed anyway.
No. We need to do what liberals do - they want to throw out the Constitution for a plan that has ZERO proof of working.
We need to do the same.
Conservatives can push for laws requiring all citizens to go to Church once a week. We think it’s a values problem, they think it’s guns - both groups are willing to force their will on the other.
I’m tired of the one sided trashing of the Constitution - we can do that too FOR THE CHILDREN - I’m sure they won’t object.
NO, The TSA will try to take charge of them. It must be a local solution for it to work. The same plan will not work everywhere.
Do you agree with the NRA that an armed officer should be posted in every school?
Yes(73%)
No(27%)
They should train and arm teachers and administrative staff, not hire a bunch of “cops.” They should have faculty gun clubs.
Liberals have to change on this subject of guns. The Conn. school had liberalism’s policy. It was a gun free zone. And what the NRA and everyone else said when liberals imposed that wacky policy, was that it was setting the schools up with a lack of self defense should something terrible happen.
Liberals were wrong and they need to admit it. They have enough blood on their hands now.
We’ve had them for decades here....
As with most problems, this one can be solved with straight up technology. But the cheapest and most flexible is probably armed public.