http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/21/if-the-nra-wants-an-armed-guard-at-every-school-they-should-pay-for-it Comments On: If the NRA Wants an Armed Guard at Every School, They Should Pay for It by Goldy en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Sat, 25 May 2013 18:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Mister G]]> Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:16:40 -0800 The Stranger
Wayne LaPierre actually had some good points in his speech, but the centerpiece was sufficiently phony to obscure the rest of what he said. He's an oily scumbag, and so is the National Rifle Association. The best thing, as Goldy suggests, would be to call their bluff on the cops and announce that yes, we'll do that and fund it with a tax on guns and ammo.


Posted by Mister G]]> Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:14:13 -0800 The Stranger Posted by karthur]]> Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:58:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by karthur]]> Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:51:53 -0800 The Stranger Posted by leo2356897]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 13:05:14 -0800 The Stranger Posted by beardiethor]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 12:20:21 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ejs]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:50:56 -0800 The Stranger
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Posted by tims]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:42:32 -0800 The Stranger "I have never, not once, seen an armed guard at a bank."

http://www.krem.com/news/local/Banks-inc…
Posted by fairly.unbalanced]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:33:22 -0800 The Stranger
I had a friend once here in Seattle, back in the 70s, who robbed a bank at gunpoint, several of them, actually; at the last one, he shot and killed the armed guard. He later hanged himself in prison. His story is in one of Ann Rule's books. We used to buy Metro bus passes from him; they sold them at banks back then. We had no idea that was how he was getting ahold of them. We thought he worked at Metro.

So there's your armed guard failure story for today.
Posted by Fnarf]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:31:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Simone]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:10:42 -0800 The Stranger Posted by biffp]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:08:03 -0800 The Stranger
I have never, not once, seen an armed guard at a bank.

You watch too many movies.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:48:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by cracked]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:15:02 -0800 The Stranger
Tell that to the families of the officers killed in Lakewood.

Also (as someone pointed out in another thread), one can always look to the example of armed guards (not to mention an entire array of passive deterrent systems) used in banks, none of which deter criminals from robbing banks at a rate of some 5,000 - 6,000 per year.
Posted by COMTE]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:47:33 -0800 The Stranger "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," LaPierre said.

Careful, LaPierre, that rather sounds like an invitation.
Posted by Bauhaus I]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:39:07 -0800 The Stranger "Apparently the Founding Fathers thought so. They were even in favor of private ownership of cannons." [citation needed]

Why do you think money is more important than children.

Why do you think your right to own as many weapons as you want of whatever kinds you want is more important than children?

Stationing an armed guard - well, really, several armed guards, because one won't really do the job - in every school in America will almost certainly increase the risk to children. Increased risk of accidental shooting because of the presence of weapons in school. Increased risk of deliberate shooting because of the presence of weapons in school. (Seriously - the greatest risk factor for being shot in your own house? Having a gun in your own house. You can look it up.) Increased risk overall of some sort of shooting incident. (Google "suicide by cop". What better place to make sure that works than at a school?)
Posted by Backyard Bombardier]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:17:02 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Free Lunch]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:26:36 -0800 The Stranger
By the way, I hope you realize I was being facetious in my original comment.
Posted by Jude Fawley]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:17:29 -0800 The Stranger
And they say the government is less efficient than private industry.
Posted by Free Lunch]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:11:56 -0800 The Stranger
I support gun ownership rights in principle, but I would support a reasonable annual fee, along with mandatory training and license renewal, and more stringent standards to get a license (as opposed to will-issue like we have in WA).
Posted by madcap]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:53:05 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Jude Fawley]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:45:16 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Calpete]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:35:41 -0800 The Stranger Apparently the Founding Fathers thought so.
They were even in favor of private ownership of cannons.

Like I said, money gets an armed guard.
Why do you think money is more important than children?
Posted by fairly.unbalanced]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:35:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by kmq1]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:34:51 -0800 The Stranger