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Newtown School Shootings

Friday, December 21, 2012

NRA Calls for 'Armed Security' Around Schools

"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," the NRA's Wayne LaPierre said.

In an amazing Friday morning press conference, the National Rifle Association broke its weeklong silence following the horrific shooting of 26 people at a school in Newtown, CT and called for a surge of gun-carrying "good guys" around American schools. NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre called for a new kind of American domestic security revolving around armed civilians, arguing that "the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." "We care about our president, so we protect him with armed Secret Service agents," LaPierre said. "Members of Congress work in offices surrounded by Capitol Police officers. Yet, when it comes to our most beloved, innocent, and vulnerable members of the American family, our …

Keith Best

6:58 am on Monday, December 24, 2012

Children were major targets of fanatics in Israel. That is, until teachers with the proper training armed themselves. No child has been killed since. Blaming the guns in this is like blaming the fork and spoon for making Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell fat. Think about that.   more ›

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Rumors of School Shootings Circulate at Area Districts, But Not Here

Elmbrook official says there have been no incidents here, but Waukesha, Oak Creek and Menomonee Falls among the districts dealing with rumors of threats of violence on Friday.

Just days after the tragic elementary school shooting in Newtown, CT, school district administrators throughout southeastern Wisconsin — and the country — are addressing rumors of shooting threat at their districts. In none of the districts has an actual threat been discovered, however, several districts have sent letters to parents and beefed up security, and are working with local police to address the situation. Districts where rumors have been circulating include Waukesha, Oak Creek, Menomonee Falls, Hamilton, Arrowhead, Greenfield and Cudahy. In the Elmbrook School District, district spokeswoman Anne Moore said there have been no reports of threats or rumors of threats at Brookfield Central or East high schools. However, several other…

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