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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Patch Poll: Do You Think the NRA Is Using the Sandy Hook Tragedy for Political Purposes?

The National Rifle Association vice president made the suggestion to put armed guards in schools at a press conference Friday.

On Friday, the National Rifle Association's vice president, Wayne LaPierre, spoke at a news conference where he called for armed security in the nation's schools. LaPierre spoke about a new kind of American domestic security revolving around armed civilians, and argued that "the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." His speech called supporters to mobilize around a new vision of American domestic security, at a time when voices for gun control are steadily rising. On the opposite side of gun control advocates are gun owners, many of whom fear their Second Amendment rights could be in jeopardy if gun control of any kind is enacted. Views about using guns to protect school children vary widely, and there's …

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kevin kalchthaler

6:37 am on Monday, April 29, 2013

I was a NRA member until parkinsons forced me onto disability. I couldn't afford to continue, and was unable to safely handle the kind of high powered handguns I liked. still no matter how I explained to them they continue to regularly call seeking money for their agenda regardless of how often you tell them you haven't the means to support yourself first. and I never hear them offer more than an…   more ›

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Patch Poll: Do You Think Armed Guards Should Be Hired to Protect Public Schools?

Many schools have security guards and metal detectors—but should they go a step further, as Butler School District did this week?

The Aurora, CO theater in July, the Wisconsin Sikh Temple in August, the Oregon Mall earlier last week—and the mass shooting in Newtown, CT on Friday. This year has been numbing in terms of America dealing with multiple deaths in public places. The blaming game has already started with such political and religious "hot potatoes" as gun control, lack of prayer in the schools, inadequate access to mental health care, lack of parental control, breakup of American families, etc. According to Mother Jones, an independent news organization that features investigative and breaking news, there have been at least 62 mass shootings in America in the last 30 years—and most of the killers got their guns legally. Of the 139 guns possessed by the …

Roger Overandout

6:10 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Why doesn't the poll give you nine ways to say no and one way to say yes? That way they would have a better chance of getting the numbers they are obviously looking for.   more ›

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