http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/21/nra-chief-urges-armed-guards-in-every-school-dismisses-calls-for-gun-control/?intcmp=trending
Putting armed guards in schools -may- be a solution for schools, but what about movie theaters, malls, houses of worship, and other locations that have been the sites of killings this year? Is the solution to put armed guards EVERYWHERE? Maybe this is some kind of jobs program? How are we paying for all these guards? How about a fat tax on ammunition?
NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre :”The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,”
No mention of even trying to prevent the bad guy from getting the gun in the first place. No call for stricter enforcement of existing laws, or suggestion of improved mental health diagnosis and treatment, or mention of closing the screening exception for gun shows. Just let the bad guy get his gun; we can wait until he’s using it and then shoot it out.
“Will you at least admit it’s possible that … 26 innocent lives might have been spared that day,” he (LaPierre) said, if the shooter had encountered “qualified armed security.”
Sure, if Mr. LaPierre will admit it’s possible that confiscating personal firearms might also have spared innocent lives. His armed guards are a reactive force, neither proactive nor preventative. No anti-social gunman is going to be deterred by their presence; he’s ready to dying anyway. They won’t get there in time to save the first half-dozen people, but they might reduce the body count (assuming they get there before the gunman suicides). It doesn’t solve the problem, it only minimizes the consequences. Maybe only 8 parents will bury a child, instead of 20.