In a press conference Friday, National Rifle Association Vice President Wayne LaPierre called for armed guards in schools.
“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,” LaPierre claimed.
LaPierre used words like “vulnerable” and “defenseless” when describing students and classrooms in America.
The NRA said on its website that “we were shocked, saddened and heartbroken by the news of the horrific and senseless murders in Newtown.”
In planning the news conference, the NRA said “Out of respect for the families, and as a matter of common decency, we have given time for mourning, prayer and a full investigation of the facts before commenting. The NRA is prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again.”
At the same time, President Barack Obama responded to a petition signed by thousands of Americans asking for stricter federal gun control laws.
According to reports, four people dead were shot dead Friday morning in rural Pennsylvania. A gunman was among those killed and three state troopers were injured.
The facts on Columbine: One of the armed guards traded fire with Harris for an extended period during which Harris’s gun jammed. This guard immediately called the backup and they exchanged fire with the shooters and helped begin the evacuation of students all before SWAT arrived. That had to have saved lives. People that have trouble with facts are worrisome and just waste our time and hinder intelligent solutions.
katie, your post didn’t say anything that I didn’t already know. You and I both know exactly which guns we are talking about. Quite splitting hairs. Did you know that the weapon that the shooter used in Newtown can be easily modified to where it can fire 100 rounds per minute. A weapon that is capible of that has no other legitiment use other than to kill people. No one should have the right to own that sort of weapon.
Would it be legal for me to carry my homemade RPG Launcher in Walmart, so long as its not concealed? Just Curious and need to shop for groceries this afternoon.
So do you mean a country that had the sense to pass gun legislation to curb the violence from all you Ted Nugent wanabees
The subject can be debated forever but it really doesn’t matter because our government will try to pass some token knee jerk bill that makes the situation worse.
ArmBears, you don’t live in utopia. You live in the U.S. Arm yourself or move to another country if you want to feel safe. That is the way it is. Not my doing, some guy named James Madison and others.
Well, ok, you can say firearms have ONE legitimate (in their mind) use, and thats home defense. And “ASSAULT” weapons are great for home defense.
Do you want to know what thing in our society that has ZERO legitimate uses, but causes many, many more deaths to than firearms?
Alcohol. There is literally zero legitimate use to alcohol, and it slays thousands each year.
b…but we already tried to ban that, and it didn’t work
YA DON’T SAY.
b..but i should not be punished because some retards decide to drive drunk
YA DON’T SAY
b..but this is america and i should be free to do what i want!
YA DON’T SAY
I think the NRA is short sighted in their recommendation. If we are gonna start providing armed guards in elementary schools, what about shopping centers, Houses of Worship, Colleges and Universities, secondary schools and all the other public and private places where gun violence has taken place. Big Brother with an RPG would be even better! God Bless America. But what if I dont want such “protection”, what happened to my individual Freedoms?
as maybe has said armed guards can’t be at every place at once so posting armed guards is at best pretty iffy. Columbine had armed officers on duty there. Didn’t work out to well there. How much would you trust someone making $9 or $10 per hour protecting your kids. My bet would be that person would turn and run the other way as soon as someone shot at him
Do you know how many people elderly drivers that have no business driving ran over last year? Why are gun owners all of the sudden taking the heat? You people are flavor of the day hypocrits.
Better outlaw cars. Do you know how many drunks used them to kill people last year?
Time to start caining at an early age and learning discipline.
I think some of you just wish you still in the old west. Saying just arm more people is like saying give the drunk more booze to solve his drinking problem. I agree with law enforcement that we need less guns.
@Anonymous-wasn’t it Columbine where they had propane bombs as well. They just were not able to set them off. Mentally Ill people will always find a way to kill. Are we going to ban cars because drunk drivers kill more people than guns? I don’t know if putting armed guards in school is the answer but I think we have a officer on duty with a gun at Mason City High.
There is a problem with gun violence. The only answer is to have more guns available.
So then now the nuts will adjust and just go to the malls to do their mass killing and taking no action at all is what our government is best at.
The NRA got that idea from Heath High School and from Columnbine. These schools said we don’t want to minimize the number of dead students (ie eliniating rifles with high capacity clips is a waste of time), we want to eliminate the possibility of any student getting shot and the only way to do that is having armed guards. And they do. Problem solved.