[Vision2020] Huh?

[Joe Campbell]

>From CNN: Former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele
called the NRA's remarks "very haunting and very disturbing."

On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Gary Crabtree <moscowlocksmith at gmail.com>wrote:

> Training to become a cop in Idaho is 10 weeks making time not much of an
> issue. There are quite a few things covered in POST that a school guard
> would not need training in (pursuit driving, crime scene investigation,
> etc. ) further reducing the time needed to get qualified people in place.
> Utilizing vets who were MP's or members of security detachments along with
> retired police officers would be prime candidates for positions such as
> this.
>
> All entry doors in a facility could be easily modified to emergency exit
> only except for one. This would make it so all visitors would be funneled
> through one door and past one armed guard.
>
> I really don't see what make this idea so unworkable other then the fact
> that it doesn't jibe very well with the anti-gun agenda.
>
> g
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Scott,
>>
>> There was an Assistant Director of the FBI on CNN today explaining why
>> this cannot be implemented. Think of the training required before you
>> release folks with guns onto school campuses. Then think of the number of
>> schools, the number of doors to the school that would need to be guarded,
>> the costs of training and hiring an education militia, and the number of
>> qualified people available for those positions. This is a bad idea that
>> does not stand a chance of getting passed. Forget about it and move on to
>> some actual solution.
>>
>> Best, Joe
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>  Armed security is something that could be implemented, regulated, and
>>> enforced much more easily than gun control, gun bans, etc.  Armed security
>>> guards could be subjected to more rigorous background and mental heath
>>> checks plus mandatory training and licensing without having that pesky 2nd
>>> Amendment coming into the mix.  Somewhat similar to how we supposedly have
>>> air marshalls on some flights.  This might be one of the very few things
>>> that the Republicans would actually be OK to put on the fragile shoulders
>>> of tax paying individuals and businesses.
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> From: thansen at moscow.com
>>> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:36:59 -0800
>>> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>>> Subject: [Vision2020] Huh?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Before Congress reconvenes, before we engage in any lengthy debate
>>> over legislation, regulation or anything else, as soon as our kids return
>>> to school after the holiday break, we need to have every single school in
>>> America immediately deploy a protection program proven to work — and by
>>> that I mean armed security."
>>>
>>> - Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle
>>> Association (December 21, 2012)
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/cphq5lp
>>>
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>>>
>>> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>>
>>> "Moscow Cares"
>>> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>>>
>>> Tom Hansen
>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>
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