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Originally Posted by ugotme
Not totally agreeing with the NRA nor with you!
The point (which, of course, no one can guarantee) is that if a teacher had a gun and was trained in its use - perhaps - PERHAPS the gunmen could have been stopped. If the madman had killed a half dozen maybe the others would have been spared.
Obviously no one knows.
There are NO easy answers!
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Yes, there are answers. Do NOT be distracted by hollow arguments. You can find an example of violence which 'proves" or 'disproves' every argument.
The NRA would like us to spend our time debating armed guards in schools and then our resources implementing the plan. But wait! There were two armed guards in Columbine High School on that awful day. Neither was able to prevent any of the slaughter.
The answers are as simple as always. They are in the original post. Reduce the number and deadly potential of weapons and regulate their availability to the general public. The amount and severity of violence will AUTOMATICALLY be reduced. Sure there are many other things which might help, but what could be more sensible than uniform gun control?