Georgia Schools Chief Backs NRA Proposal for Armed Officers at Schools
A spokesperson for John Barge likes the suggestion for schools.
The suggestion Friday (December 20) of having armed officers at schools as a deterrent to mass shootings found approval from Georgia School Superintendent John Barge. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Having a school resource officer would certainly be ideal,” Matt Cardoza, director of communications at the Georgia Department of Education, said Friday after a conversation with Barge. “It makes the school a safer place, but the state would have to pick up a significant part of that cost. "Districts aren’t really in a position to pay for more than what they’re already struggling to pay for.” Friday, a National Rifle Association executive called for Congress to foot the bill for armed guards at every school in the country. "The …
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Jimmy
9:49 am on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
When people started using guns to rob banks, we put armed guards in the banks. When people started using guns to hijack airplanes, we put armed guards and metal detectors in airports. If you go to a ballgame at the Dome there are armed guards and you get wanded before you get to the door. Yet you send your defenseless kids to a school and somehow expect them to be safe because there is a sign in … more ›