[BCrago66]

I was a little disturbed by the conference, but not for the same reason as the MSNBCer Steele. Wayne LaPierre should have stressed the right of every individual to defend himself & others with a gun, with the emphasis on individual; thus, with regard to schools, the solution is to encourage the training & arming of school principals, administrators & teachers. Instead, LaPierre seemed to outline a government-centric, cop-in-every-school approach, and even lobbied to federal monies to fund this program.

Besides being outside the American philosophical tradition, LaPierre's approach is less effective, because when there's a single or couple identifiable defenders with guns, they can be taken out by a killer who plans a little ahead. But an armed militia of citizens - with an indefinite membership - cannot be so eliminated.

[Alaska Wolf]

when there's a single or couple identifiable defenders with guns,

In many schools security people are not in uniform.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

I was a little disturbed by the conference, but not for the same reason as the MSNBCer Steele. Wayne LaPierre should have stressed the right of every individual to defend himself & others with a gun, with the emphasis on individual;”

Not to mention that millions of gun owners had nothing to do with this atrocity and must not be punished for it. It is unjust to attack a group for the actions of a madman. It is unjust to sieze their property or to criminalize law abiding citizens. We are innocent unless proven quilty. That is what must be stressed.