Opinion: What the NRA Won't Tell You

A blog on gun control from Nancy Green

Opinion: What the NRA Won't Tell You

What the NRA won't tell you.

NRA: Put ‘Armed Police Officers’ in Every School

In a press conference held Friday morning, the head of the NRA called for armed police officers to guard our nations schools

During its first press conference since the Sandy Hook School shooting last Friday, the National Rifle Association (NRA) called for schools to be armed with police officers. "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," said NRA executive Wayne LaPierre. He said school children defenseless "and the predators of the world know it and exploit it." LaPierre urged Congress  ”to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school in this nation. What do you think about the NRA's call for armed police officers in our schools? Tell us in the comments!

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Naome Lixes

8:31 am on Wednesday, December 26, 2012

I'm not sure I can evaluate Dianne Feinstien's mental status, nor do I think anyone with a school age child can be rational about this. Certainly those advocating gun-rights appear to do so from an irrational position. We've spent more on less ambitious plans. ($2.9B Cash for clunkers) This, coupled with a confiscate and convict statute afterwards will at the very least reduce the number of …   more ›

As Newtown Buries The Dead, Is it Too Soon to Discuss Gun Control?

President Obama will announce his thoughts on gun policy Wednesday

As Newtown buries the victims this week, the conversation for gun control is already in full swing.  President Barack Obama will announce his thoughts on gun policy Wednesday, according to CNN. Some say it is too soon to engage in these political discussions.  "With a doubt it is too early," said Montalvo on the Middletown Patch Facebook page. "I am tired of people making this a political issue! For goodness sake let the families grieve." Others remained fierce in their belief that stricter gun control regulations would have prevented such a killing, saying the victims were shot multiple times and with semi-automatic weapons, according to Fox News. The National Rifle Association (NRA) of America made their first statement on Tuesday about …

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Ken

12:45 pm on Friday, December 28, 2012

Put your big boy pants on there Naome. I havent called you one name. I maked comments on the way you act. You on the other hand have called one people that dont agree with you a wife killer, woman beater and sent out links that talk about his murdered wife. I dont know this man but he was never even charged with her death so obviously they dont have evidence that he did it. He is presumed …   more ›