NRA's news conference & my 82 year old mother's response...........

[mrmpa]

"it sounds like what Hitler would do." after hearing that the NRA wants armed police personnel in every school.

[budkin]

1. I'd be fine with a cop stationed at each school. Better than teachers having guns.

[rbixby]

2. Its just slapping on a bandaid though

Without addressing the underlying problem

[budkin]

4. I meant in addition to banning more guns... but yeah you're probably right

[bigdarryl]

3. States are CUTTING!!! cops can't have it both ways

Plus a lot of schools do have cops one or two if two cops were in that CT school they would have been out gunned with that weapon he had.They said he still had over a 100 rounds left when he killed himself

[Zoeisright]

7. That is fucking stupid.

You gun humpers really can't face reality, can you?

[budkin]

8. Dude I'm about the farthest thing from a "gun humper." What if someone gets in there though?

I've never shot a gun in my life. My concern is that if a gunman gets in there at least a cop would have a chance of stopping them. Right now they have free roam throughout the schools until SWAT shows up.

[jeff47]

9. Well, they did that in Colorado

There was an armed sheriff's deputy stationed at Columbine high school.

Clearly, that prevented any mass shooting......oh wait.....

[budkin]

10. I didn't realize that... did he do anything at all?

[jeff47]

11. Came back from his lunch break, fired once at long range. Missed. (nt)

[budkin]

12. Changed my mind after hearing that... but what the hell to do if someone gets in?

Kids are just fucked?

[jeff47]

13. You minimize the damage they can cause

For example, schools already have lockdown procedures that make it harder on an attacker.

Laws limiting clip size, requiring gun safes, restricting what guns are available, and so on reduce the damage the shooter can cause.

[Downwinder]

5. Going to use TSA or Blackwater?

[mrmpa]

6. Ding-ding-ding, we have a winner............

since we are winding the war in Afghanistan down(?).....these companies need to find another teat to drink milk from.

[JDPriestly]

14. Anyone who is familiar with how totalitarian states work would have that thought.