Wednesday, January 9, 2013
A Georgia lawmaker thinks it would at least send a message.
WSBTV Channel Two recently reported that Georgia Rep. Paul Battles, a Republican from Bartow County, is proposing that in the absence of an armed school resource officer, the school principal be trained and armed. There would be a cost involved — that of purchasing the guns and training the principals. It wouldn’t, however, be as costly as paying a full-time salary for a school resource officer. Battles said it would at least send a message to anyone contemplating anything like the massacre that happened in Newtown, Conn. "If you come in and try to do harm to children and administrators you are going to be met with force," Battles told Channel 2. But not everyone agrees. One parent reportedly said he didn’t believe adding more guns to the …
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
A spokesperson for John Barge likes the suggestion for schools.
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
The suggestion Friday, Dec. 20, of having armed officers at schools as a deterrent to mass shootings found approval from Georgia School Superintendent John Barge. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Having a school resource officer would certainly be ideal,” Matt Cardoza, director of communications at the Georgia Department of Education, said Friday after a conversation with Barge. “It makes the school a safer place, but the state would have to pick up a significant part of that cost. "Districts aren’t really in a position to pay for more than what they’re already struggling to pay for.” Friday, a National Rifle Association executive called for Congress to foot the bill for armed guards at every school in the country. "The only…
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Norcross Patch and other sites nationwide will participate in an online moment of silence Friday morning in memory of the victims of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
Norcross Patch will go dark at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 21. And so will thousands of other websites across the country. Patch and other online companies are taking part of an online moment of silence in memory of the victims of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The event will last one minute. As of 6 p.m. Thursday, more than 130,000 people took the pledge on Causes.com. Websites wishing to participate can embed a green ribbon on their site, like the one you see in this article. Twitter users also are asked to use the hashtag #momentforSandyHook to show their support. Additionally, online entities can visit webmomentofsilence.org for a JavaScript code to automatically darken their site at 9:30 a.m. The website will turn gray and a…
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The national chain, with three locations in Gwinnett County, made the move after Friday's school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Dick's Sporting Goods, with a location in nearby Peachtree Corners, has stopped selling some semi-automatic rifles to show respect for the victims in last week's school shooting in Connecticut, CNN reports. It's not known when the stores will return to selling guns in the category of "modern sporting rifles," CNN says. The shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, which killed 20 children and six adults, has re-ignited a national debate about gun control. Local Patch bloggers have also weighed in, both for and against new regulation. What do you think? Should more stores suspend sales of semi-automatic rifles? Tell us in the comments below. See also:
Karsten Torch
5:05 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
"The gun culture includes those who use the 2nd Amendment as a front, an excuse, for whatever reason they have for justifying their ownership of military-grade weapons." Huh. You mean those that actually know the purpose of the 2nd Amendment? Yep, then we're the 'gun culture' allright. "The gun culture is the subset of society that thinks owning whatever type of gun and ammunition you want to … more ›