In the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the National Rifle Association advocated placing armed guards in all schools — sparking a nationwide “bad guy with a gun”/”good guy with a gun” debate. Meanwhile, on Thursday, the Newtown Board of Education voted to request additional armed SROs (school resource officers). Go To Site

We need more armed citizens in the schools. Walk down Madison Avenue in New York. Many posh stores have, on view, or behind a two-way mirror, an armed guard. Walk into most any pawnshop, jewelry story, currency exchange, gold store in the country, and there will be an armed guard nearby. Why? As currency, jewelry, gold are precious. Who complains about the presence of these armed guards? And is this wealth more precious than our children? Apparently it is: for the Left adduces arguments against armed presence in the school but not in the wristwatch stores. Q. How many accidental shootings occurred last year in jewelry stores, or on any premises with armed security guards? Go To Site

But then a funny thing happened. After the NRA school-guard strategy was roundly denounced as outright crazy by the pundits, — the editors of the New York Times called it "delusional, almost deranged" — President Obama came out with ... a proposal for armed guards in schools. It is no small feat for an out-of-touch, on-the-ropes organization to get the president to basically endorse its signature policy proposal at a time of national debate. -Glenn Harlan Reynolds Go To Site

Columbine Survivor Calls For Guns In Schools

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A Columbine survivor is pushing legislation that would allow guns in Colorado schools. Colorado State Rep. Patrick Neville (R) says schools should fight gunfire with gunfire. He reintroduced legislation Tuesday that would allow teachers with concealed weapons permits to defend their students at gun point.

"You know what a gun-free zone is to a sicko? That's bait."

University of Rhode Island professor’s retweet: Murder anyone who thinks teachers should be armed

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"First f---er to say the solution is for elementary school teachers to carry guns needs to get beaten to death." -Tweet from University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis ...Update: Loomis defends his “head on a stick” comment in a blog post... He mentions in passing that he had “a meeting with the Rhode Island State Police last night.”

Biden: ‘Having an Armed Policeman' at Public Schools Is an ‘Option’

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Vice President Joe Biden supports federal funding to give local school districts “the option of having an armed policeman,” trained “resource officers,” in the public schools to help deter or stop a potential shooting like the one that occurred at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in December.

Coach Shoots Two Attackers, Saves Himself, Two Females

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A 70-year-old woman’s basketball coach was attacked in the parking lot at Martin Luther King, Jr. Senior High School in Detroit, MI while walking two players to their cars. The men were armed, but so was the coach. The suspects approached the coach and the girls and one pulled out their gun. The coach quickly pulled out his gun and shot both suspects. One died and the other was taken to a local hospital. Both suspects attended the high school and one was recently expelled.

Police: Teen shot by fellow student at Ga. school

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A student opened fire at his middle school Thursday afternoon, wounding a 14-year-old in the neck before an armed officer working at the school was able to get the gun away, police said.