Posted on 02/23/2016 2:40:35 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
A Columbine survivor is pushing legislation that would allow guns in Colorado schools.
Colorado State Rep. Patrick Neville (R) says schools should fight gunfire with gunfire. He reintroduced legislation Tuesday that would allow teachers with concealed weapons permits to defend their students at gun point.
“The only thing that is going to stop murderers intent on doing harm is to give good people the legal authority to carry a gun to protect themselves and our children,†Neville said in a statement.
Neville, who graduated from Columbine High School, was in school on the day of the horrific shooting in 1999. “More of my friends would still be alive today,†if teachers were carrying guns, he said.
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MSM refuses to cover this, unless they were asking to ban guns.
The only thing guaranteed to effectively stop bad guys with guns is wondering if the good guys already have guns.
Ask any of the dead kids’ parents if they wish that some of the teachers at Columbine had been armed.
The only reliable defense against a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
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