{"id":7046,"date":"2012-12-21T11:34:59","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T16:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=7046"},"modified":"2012-12-21T11:35:01","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T16:35:01","slug":"can-the-us-arm-its-schools-as-the-nra-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/12\/21\/can-the-us-arm-its-schools-as-the-nra-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the US arm its schools, as the NRA suggests?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The NRA’s Wayne LaPierre is speaking currently about the shootings in Connecticut and his central policy suggestion is a massive expansion of government and policing.<\/p>\n

He proposes adding security personnel to all of the country’s approximately 100,000 public schools.<\/p>\n

I assume that most public schools would require a number of officers to protect facilities from early morning until afterschool activities end.<\/p>\n

Some facilities are also large enough that a single officer would likely be ineffectual at protecting hundreds, or thousands, of young students.<\/p>\n

So we’re talking about adding between 100,000 and 200,000 people to the government payroll at some level, at the very least.<\/p>\n

There would also be administrative personnel and other costs. LaPierre acknowledged that police, school and other local government budgets are already strained.<\/p>\n

And he proposed no new Federal taxes to fund the initiative.<\/p>\n

So what do In Boxers think? The NRA obviously opposes any new restrictions on the availability of the kind of assault rifle that was used in the Connecticut massacre.<\/p>\n

Is this kind of increased security — as an alternative — workable, or affordable? Do you like the idea of a school that has a significant security presence? Do we live in a world where that’s necessary?<\/p>\n

Comments welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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