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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Do You Think the NRA Is Concerned About School Safety?

Wayne LaPierre, head of the National Rifle Association (NRA) appeared on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday

Last Sunday morning Wayne LaPierre, head of the National Rifle Association (NRA) appeared on NBC's Meet the Press to defend his controversial call to put put armed police officers in our nations schools. “If it’s crazy to call for putting police in and securing our schools to protect our children, then call me crazy,” LaPierre told NBC’s David Gregory. The New York Post called LaPierre a "gun nut" and "NRA loon” on its Saturday’s cover. LaPierre first urged Congress to act on Friday morning, which was the the one week anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Conn.   "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," he said on Friday.   Local residents had mixed reactions to the NRA's call for …

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RI Patriot

5:09 pm on Sunday, December 30, 2012

Mr. Tabella has his own agenda, he chairs the Friends of Animals group, and he is opposed all hunting. Unfortunately this position takes away from what his mission should be, preventing cruelty to animals. The NRA has always cared about firearm accidents and misuse, including all violent crimes. Because of the NRA firearm accidents are at an all time low and if so much opposition to the training …   more ›

Friday, December 21, 2012

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. At least one Patch reader does not agree. "We can't even afford teachers," said Mike Barbas on the Middletown Patch Facebook page.  "Good guys with guns is not the answer." What do you think about the NRA's call for armed police officers in our …

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