As a former detective and current sheriff of Kentucky's McCracken County, Hayden remembers the 1997 school shooting at Heath High School in Paducah, a tragic precursor of the school shooting in Connecticut last week that prompted the NRA's call. The scene Hayden responded to is still fresh in his mind, and as sheriff, he makes sure every school in his jurisdiction is guarded by an armed police officer.
"I saw parents of the wounded and of the dead. I just remember their grief – their unbearable grief," Hayden said. Putting an officer in every school "would certainly amount to a cost increase, but when you spread those costs out over the entire tax base of a district, it seems a small price to pay for the safety of our children and the peace of mind of the parents.”
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We pay taxes PROTECT THE CHILDREN already.
Guns don't kill, it's the bullets that do!
The NRA has offeres d to train teachers FOR FREE for concealed carry. No cost to taxpayers puts 100 trained armed guards where they are needed, in every classroom.
Can ANYONE beat this offer?
What happens when they shoot the cop first?
Does it really matter? You can not possibly protect everyone all the time. The kids are outside at recess, in the cafeteria for lunch, in the gym, in many different classrooms etc... You can't put a policeman everywhere. If a crazed gunman wants to kill, they are gonna kill. At the mall or the park, maybe the ballfield or zoo. You can't put the police everywhere. Open up the insane assylums and lock these idiots down. You can't fix crazy!!! Put them where they can't hurt anyone.
Next on NRAs agenda:
- Cure cancer by smoking
- Solve global warming problem with space heaters.
Cops make about the same salary as a teacher. If looking at it from a financial stand point, would it seem impossible if the government said they were going to increase education funding and add an additional teacher to every school? I think some of these nuts would think twice knowing that somewhere on the school property is an armed police officer.
Look at the times when a disgruntled employee went into work and short up the place. If you have an armed person in schools, why can't I have the same protection at work, in church, at the mall, in the theatre or in a park? It's a sign of the times and don't expect it to get any better. You can thank all the single parent households, the addict parents and the parents who were too busy to take proper careof their children. We haven't done a lot to curb distribution of drugs so why does anyone think we can curtail the sale of assault weapons. Dream on.
You need more than 1 officer per school so that when they go out for recess, you can have snipers on the roof.
they got u right where they want u, and will turn us into a police state, marshall law, etc.
can you say baaaaaah.
bunch of hysterical sheeple.
9:08 AM
Roof of what? The safe room?
You never see them attack hard targets. Police staions or military instillations. Even the FT Hood terrorist used a gun free area.d
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