Armed security guard James Mortenson, from Phoenix Protective Corporation, patrols Ridgefield High School earlier this month as students are released for the day.
Associated Press
Our politicians pass laws for gun-free school zones. They issue press releases bragging about protecting our children. And in so doing, they tell every insane killer that our schools are a safe place to inflict maximum damage with minimum risk.
We care about our money so we protect our banks with armed guards. Airports, courthouses and power plants are protected with armed security. We protect our president with armed Secret Service agents. We protect our important government officials with armed guards.
There are millions of qualified active and retired police, retired military and security professionals in our country that could have a role in protecting every school.
This is the time to take decisive action in protecting our most precious asset: our children.
Darrell K. Paskett
West Valley
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Darrell, one question...
Who is gonna pay for it?
We are already dead last in per-pupil spending. Many of our schools don't even have AC. And you want to spend more?
Are you prepared to raise taxes? If you are More..
Darrell, what about shopping malls and movie theaters? What about churches, mosques and synagogues? Are we going to arm every entrance to every public place in America? Before we do that let's try, at least try to prevent. As Americans, we cut More..
This is a problem that has taken over 200 years to develop. Solving it will require an enormous amount of wisdom and compromise.
Letters like this one, and comments that do nothing but vomit repetitious nonsense from both sides will do More..