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[cherry]

I certainly wouldn't arm an armed gaurd with a handgun. I think they should have an assault rifle, and be trained to use it

[JustJazzmom]

Yes, Cherry, so the guard can kill innocent people who are fleeing the shooter in panic as well. SMH.

Who is going to pay to have a SWAT cop or cops at all schools? Aren’t everyone’s school taxes high already?

If there is a need to have guns, what about manufacturing a ‘smart’ gun? So only the owner can use it with either a retinal, fingerprint ID or a special code entered before the gun can operate? If the gun gets stolen, another person cannot use it because that person would need the right fingerprint or code entered to use it. This technology would also prevent children from accidentally discharging the gun too.

Could guns be retrofitted for this kind of technology?

[cherry]

Actually if they closed bases overseas, it would free up tons of money for this

It has been done ,and according to the NYT the bases are still overused. They did a study and it ran into  around 156 billion dollars. The military are already on the payroll ,they would just be deployed at home instead of abroad

Ike warned about this in the 1960s..He wanted to close the bases then

[cherry]

I never say never...we have seen the beginnings of the winds of change

[fourpaws56]

hey guys..I am surprised this thread is still here!

[Cakers3]

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@cherrywrote:

I certainly wouldn't arm an armed gaurd with a handgun. I think they should have an assault rifle, and be trained to use it

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@cherry  Then we have another problem.  There is an outcry to ban assault weapons.

So who would determine which person is qualified to have an assault weapon?  Would that person "own" such a rifle or would it be assigned to him/her with the condition of turning it back in (to where) at the end of the day??

It cannot be both ways.  Either the assault rifles are banned for everyone or not at all.

[Cakers3]

I will also say that nobody knows what he/she would do if staring down at the point of an assault rifle.  Period.

It's very easy to puff bravado on a chat site but it is entirely different when one is caught up in the chaos of an assault.

I realize the bucket of rocks has kicked the bucket, so to speak, but did anyone seriously believe that a 1st grader would have the mind-set to grab a rock and throw it??

As far as having our military in all schools across the nation-should we not also be concerned with the daily deaths of young people by gunfire in the streets?

Everyone is hand-wringing over schools yet nobody is looking at the gun deaths among young people on the streets.

This issue isn't just a school issue; it's a humanity issue no matter where, when, how, and who. 

[Big Sister]

You've heard that old saying:  "Dumb as a box of rocks?"

 Well, now that they are going to school they won't be dumb any more.  lol

[QueenDanceALot]

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@fourpaws56wrote:

hey guys..I am surprised this thread is still here!

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@fourpaws56

Nice ears!