Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) issued the following statement in response to today’s press conference by Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) executive vice president:
No legal organization in America is more responsible than the NRA for lobbying to ensure the proliferation of killer guns while denying law enforcement tools to stop killers. Wayne LaPierre’s call for guards and guns in every school building and playground is madness and a perverse vision for life in America.
In Congress, we need to move forward comprehensive legislation that bans assault weapons, closes the gun show loop hole, prohibits high capacity magazines, and gives law enforcement the tools to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. At the same time, Congress will protect the rights of responsible gun owners and hunters.
It is time for common sense Americans to come together to stop the NRA and make America’s neighborhoods and streets safer.
LaPierre, issuing the NRA's first statements since the Newtown, CT, shootings, stated Congress should act "immediately" to find funding for armed guards at every school in the country, and act "now."
“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," he said.
What a bunch of condescending arrogant snobs. http://www.youtube.com/user/maigcoalition?feature=watch
The point I was trying to make was that politicians and the Hollywood elite have armed bodyguards to protect them, but the idea that children should have access to that type of protection is scorned. They are hypocrites and their sanctimonious blather makes me want to puke. The thought of another federal "safety" program should make people shudder. If people really want to keep their kids safe, they shouldn't send them to the government schools. They would not only be protecting them from potential physical harm, but as an added bonus may also protect them from becoming little lemmings trained to believe that the government is the answer to all of their problems. Government is woefully inept at virtually all it endeavors to do, whether it's educating our children, "protecting" us or attempting to manage the economy, despite their good intentions. Be careful what you wish for.
Way up at towards the top, CB had an idea that I added to. He brought up having some of the current staff at the school trained for conceal & carry. I thought this would be an okay idea, but I would like to see them go through the same (gun) training as the police officers. I think the bigger issue/problem with the NRA's suggestion was that they wanted every aspect of these shooting considered, when working on a resolution, EXCEPT guns. He was so arrogant about it and not even the tiniest part conciliatory, people were immediately turned off to him, and therefore his words....that's not to say that there are many who are adamantly opposed to armed guards. As I pointed out before, the vast majority of gun owners will never hurt another human being, just as a vast majority of those who are mentally ill will never hurt another human being. Why can we look at one item, but not the other?
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/12/23/School-Obama-s-Daughters-Attend-Has-11-Armed-Guards-Not-Counting-Secret-Service
PS..dont write back saying if it were YOUR kid the numbers would mean more....no S$%^...but try for a moment to base your judgment on fact, not feelings...
Followed immediatley by "bushes fault"... Tell me how i blamed obama for the shooting in ANY possible way in my above comment. wow.
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I have AR's becsue they are a "blast" to shoot. very light recoil (excellent rifle for women/small folk). I fell in love with them in the Army. Now realalistically, you do NOT need thirty round mags for hunting- and I doubt you will ever see anyone using one deer hunting (if i recall, you are limited to 5 rounds) but for something like prairie dog hunting, they would come in handy so you dont have to reload constantly. Now on the NRA...I agree that I think thieir inital statment was pretty stupid. But they have to stand their ground (give an inch...) I just think they could have come up with something more sensitive/meaningful in the time they had
I have AR's becsue they are a "blast" to shoot. very light recoil (excellent rifle for women/small folk). I fell in love with them in the Army. Now realalistically, you do NOT need thirty round mags for hunting- and I doubt you will ever see anyone using one deer hunting (if i recall, you are limited to 5 rounds) but for something like prairie dog hunting, they would come in handy so you dont have to reload constantly. Now on the NRA...I agree that I think thieir inital statment was pretty stupid. But they have to stand their ground (give an inch...) I just think they could have come up with something more sensitive/meaningful in the time they had.
Oh, what war crimes?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yATeti5GmI8
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/woman-hiding-kids-shoots-intruder/nTm7s/
another lame stream media term meant to confuse/scare the sheep.
oh, must be like that little thing "obama care"....just go forward and pass it not knowing what it is or the ramifications.....
I guess I'm not that smart. The relevance to the discussion is that many advocating gun control attempt to marginalize those who would protect themselves with a firearm or suggest someone else like a teacher would. The story's obvious lesson is that being armed most likely saved this woman and her kids from bodily harm. An armed teacher finding themselves in a situation like Newtown might be able to change the outcome. It certainly did in this case. It might make other intruders think twice as well. "It's a tiny, frightening, minority who would suggest responsible gun owners not be allowed to protect themselves" You mean like 535 people in Washington D.C.? That is definitely a tiny, frightening, minority.