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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Lawmaker wants armed officer in every Md. school

WASHINGTON – Maryland state lawmakers are considering a controversial bill that would place armed officers in schools statewide.

The proposal comes from Republican Delegate John Cluster Jr., a retired police officer from Baltimore County.

“Although security enhancements may help, the bottom line is, not having somebody on the scene is really the problem,” Cluster said Wednesday in front of the state’s House Ways and Means Committee.

Cluster, a Republican, told committee members, that it’s not a matter of when there is a school shooting in Maryland, it’s a matter of when.

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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great idea, police always have someone on light duty give it to them.

JoeAlbero said...

They should hire RETIRED Police Officers.

They can make a very decent salary, yet NO BENEFITS, health care and retirement.

I'm sure those retired Officers would love the work AND municipalities would NOT have to pay Officers overtime.

Teachers Know best said...

save money train certain teachers to be the Emergency response with a gun....

Anonymous said...

I thought we had one of the toughest gun bans in the country.

Anonymous said...

The principle or 2 teachers should voluntarily do it with training.

Anonymous said...

Ps we cant wait for another columbine to all those idiot libs.

Anonymous said...

Joe I like your idea of hiring retired police officers and if school boards learned to conserve a little bit it really wouldn't cost anything.

Anonymous said...

Concealed carry for all citizens is the answer. That will put trained, armed teachers in every classroom for free.

'nuff said.

Chris said...

And pay them even more huh?