https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/21/the-nras-comment-on-newtown/ Sun, 23 Dec 2012 09:25:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/21/the-nras-comment-on-newtown/#comment-497008 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 09:25:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=15059#comment-497008 You are way off base. Yes, an “airport” style security system would work well to prevent these actions from taking place again. A combination of armed uniformed police officers monitoring controlled access points while utilizing state of the art basic technology including cameras and facial recognition software would be a great start. Your figure of $250k per year is reasonable and worth every penny, especially if you consider the secondary benefit being a substantial creation of high quality jobs which America needs. Couple this with installing a 15 foot high fence around every school to be produced by American Manufacturing companies utilizing American made materials, and installed and maintained by legal American workers, and you have a win win win win. Argue with me, please. Furthermore, we need a law that gives any individual that is not an on duty police officer that is caught with any type of firearm on any school property will receive a minimum of 20 years in prison and up to 50 years in prison (just for possessing a weapon on school property) and the problem will be solved

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/21/the-nras-comment-on-newtown/#comment-497007 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:44:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=15059#comment-497007 Doug, that shooting also serves to show the lie that LaPierre was selling- that more cops with guns will solve the problem, as several of those shot in the rampage were armed cops themselves.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/21/the-nras-comment-on-newtown/#comment-497006 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:33:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=15059#comment-497006 How apropos was it that right in the middle of the NRA press conference today we had another mass murder with a gun http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/21/justice/pennsylvania-violence/index.html – this time fortunately only 4 killed one of whom was the shooter.

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