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Newtown Calls for Armed School Officers
NBCConnecticut ^
| 2/1/2013
| George colli
Posted on 02/01/2013 6:52:19 AM PST by FR_addict
"The Newtown Board of Education will be asking the town to make room for more armed police officers in its budget.
In a meeting Thursday, the board voted to request the town to add full time uniformed school resource officers to its four elementary school s for the next fiscal year was approved this evening. The officers would be Newtown police officers.
Our parents are demanding of us that things are made safe and secure and certain measures areput in place, said Chairwoman Debbie Leidlein. So were being very thoughtful.
Multiple police officers have been stationed at all Newtown schools since the December 14th shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary killed twenty children and 6 teachers. Those officers will remain at the school through the remainder of the school year. For the next fiscal year, resource officers were budgeted only to be at Middle and High Schools. ..."
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; guns; secondamendment
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To: RummyChick
Cant open the door by turning the knob after it has been locked by key.You can't open the door from inside when it is locked??
That doesn't sound legal by firecode.
Where I live, and in many areas, a locked exterior residential door must be able to be opened from the inside by turning the knob and never require a key to get out from the inside. Deadbolts must be able to be opened from the inside without a key, that is, by twisting the lever. You can't even have one that needs a key and you just leave the key in the lock when you are home. Someone might borrow the key and not put it back. In a fire, you can't get out through the door.
You might say, well, there will never be a situation like that in a school. Then it happens the next day. More lawsuits.
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posted on
02/01/2013 10:58:20 AM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
To: Gaffer
“Watch and see. A proposal will come forth to tax ALL firearms for some percentage (say 10%) to cover the cost of Armed Security Officers in all public schools.....its coming.”
You’re right. No doubt about it.
But why bother with antiquated things like proposals and meetings and public comment and actual voting so the taxpayers have a say where their money goes?
Why, the new and improved way to ‘get things done’ is the Executive Order.
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posted on
02/01/2013 10:58:20 AM PST
by
MichaelCorleone
(A return to Jesus and prayer in the schools is the only way.)
To: Sacajaweau
I do not believe she knows that she's become a government pawn.I'm more cynical. I believe she's been a government pawn all along. (Not saying the shooting was deliberate).
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posted on
02/01/2013 11:02:08 AM PST
by
GVnana
To: stuartcr
“I bet that will be a pretty boring job. I imagine this will never happen in Newtown again.”
It will be a boring job, and likely will never see a act of violence, but is it because of the guard, or what. In my opinion the guard is like having insurance, you hope you never have to use it, but you are glad when something does happen and you have it.
We have a large unemployment issue in the US, this is a job creator, with benefits. One large benefit is you get to be a role model for the children.
Since the liberals have screwed up this country with their lack of enforcement, liberal judges letting criminals off and all the other stuff the liberals have done and are doing to this country, this is one of the consequences, now we have to have armed guards everywhere.
It's sad really, I remember a time when we didn’t lock the doors when we went to the store, when it was hot we left the door open at night. Different times for sure, be we must adapt.
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posted on
02/01/2013 11:34:51 AM PST
by
Coffee_drinker
(The best defense is a strong preemptive strike.)
To: FR_addict
This seems like overkill to me. After all they can issue scissors to all the teachers!
They can even bring in the seamstress union, and put a brigade of PMSing sewing ladies with scissors in the lobby. (That would make me think twice...)
Sorry for the humor, the sexual stereotypes, the insensitivity, etc., ...everything that I’m ‘sposed to be sorry for, then I’m sorry for it.
/sarc
PS: I won’t be intimidated at all with scissoring LGBTs
Ditto /sarc
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posted on
02/01/2013 12:03:15 PM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
To: xzins
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posted on
02/01/2013 12:04:44 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
( "I ask sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few politicians."-George Mason)
To: TADSLOS
someone musta put something in my coffee
...hic....
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posted on
02/01/2013 12:07:10 PM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
To: Coffee_drinker
For retired people, it would be great. I imagine when all the legal stuff gets straightened out, we will see more guards in schools. Right now, I think the liability aspects of this have to be ironed out.
I don’t lock my car and I leave the door and windows open.
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posted on
02/01/2013 12:31:43 PM PST
by
stuartcr
("I upraded my moral compass to a GPS, to keep up with the times.")
To: stuartcr
That’s what I was thinking. Barring copycat stuff, this school is probably the safest one in the entire country now. Statistically speaking.
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posted on
02/01/2013 12:45:39 PM PST
by
MarMema
To: FR_addict
Funny, this never showed up in the news....
To: Sacajaweau
Her husband is leading an assault on the 2nd Amendment using her for a prop. I’d bet money that he’s planning a political future...
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posted on
02/01/2013 2:28:24 PM PST
by
Sal
(Pres and State watched our people get raped and murdered in REAL TIME and did nothing!)
To: Sal
I think this IS his political future. You don't think they paid for that trip or are footing any of her medical bills, do you?
Her whole story is just a terrible story and it's only getting worse.
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks FR_addict. Even my friend's nextrosexual sullen teen son -- who saddles on to whatever agitprop is trendy this week -- has started bitching on Facebook about the massive ammo buys by the US gov't.
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- DHS adds another 200,000 rounds to its 2 billion round stockpile
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- Durbin disconnect defines Democrat delusions on gun control
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- "A deliberate attempt to bypass the Constitutional process" NY Sheriff's PBA blasts Cuomo,
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- My Trip to the Gun Store
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- The gun-show loophole myth -- FBI checks have to be fixed; new laws not needed on private gun sales
- COMBAT VETERAN ARRESTED! [accused of possessing high-capacity magazines for an assault rifle]
- Gun group attacks gun control lobbyist who fired assault rifle(In CO Working for Bloomberg)
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posted on
02/02/2013 7:31:44 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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