‘Firearms instructor’ hired as school guard leaves handgun in student bathroom

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22. Fine. Know your community's gun ownership. Know your community's health.

Newtown didn't. Everyone's kids shouldn't be subject to bad adult judgment.

Schools in Chicago are NOT full of "tough" kids "owing to gang problems." They are full of kids. Their world is no more full of guns than is the world of Newtown kids. Seeing an armed guard at entrance/exits in a school doesn't kill kids. Not having a guard because of ego needs of the appearance of safety has killed and continues to kill kids in schools.

Changing any paradigm means adapting to new realities. The majority of parents should investigate their communities and vote for the best security practices for ALL kids. One kid's parents' denial of risk shouldn't be the risk that another kid bears. Better for all to have the security and not need it than to need it and not have it.

If you want to frame this argument as an individual school issue, fine by me. Then each community and individual school should grieve about its mistakes and dead children alone. That's exactly what the NRA would like.