Friday, April 12, 2013

Why recommend guns in schools?

A letter to the editor in the LA Times...

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Re "NRA-backed panel calls for guns in schools," April 3

One way to look at the NRA-backed panel's recommendation that select school employees should be trained and armed to provide security for kids on campus is as a marketing ploy masquerading as a safety measure.

The arming of designated school staff will train generations of schoolchildren to feel that their personal safety relies on being armed. This increases the potential for a robust future of firearm consumers.

Is this the message we want our children to receive?

Anthony Balderrama

Altadena

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