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abelenkpe

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9. When in Turkey and Africa In the 90s we were always a bit uncomfortable

Reply to diabeticman (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 11:48 PM

Jan 2013

That there were men with automatic weapons in the airport and out and about. I remember being relieved when we returned to the US thinking how great it was to live somewhere where that didn't happen and wasn't a normal part of the day. How such a sight made me think it was representative of an unstable society. Fast forward 15 years and well, yeah.

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Flame me if you want: My wife and I are sad to know the NRA's wet dream of "Arm Guards" in schools [View all] diabeticman Jan 2013 OP

What kind of a country do we have MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #1

Only if the school requests it and they are professionally trained. Hopefully most schools appleannie1 Jan 2013 #2

The armed guard thing has nothing to do with the ban high count mags thing.... Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #3

I'm kind of de-sensitized to it, as a NYC teen I went to school with metal detectors and JaneyVee Jan 2013 #4

My middle school and high school both had SROs. I never thought twice about it. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #5

I think most children are ok with seeing police officers and most of them are armed... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #6

I am against police officers in school though because it is a slippery slope JaneyVee Jan 2013 #7

I grew up in a small town Chuuku Davis Jan 2013 #8

When in Turkey and Africa In the 90s we were always a bit uncomfortable abelenkpe Jan 2013 #9

If we have to have armed guards in our schools, then let's fund them with a special SDjack Jan 2013 #10

A resource officer isn't really a police officer or "armed guard" jeff47 Jan 2013 #11

The major difference being of course that... Bonobo Jan 2013 #12

No. jeff47 Jan 2013 #13

Watch the Rachel Maddow rerun. Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #14

arm guards? is that anything like dress shields? HiPointDem Jan 2013 #15