Rev. Jackson: Armed police in schools not answer

AP ^ | December 21, 2012

[Tailgunner Joe]

The Rev. Jesse Jackson says the National Rifle Association's call for armed police in schools is no solution to mass shootings.

Jackson reacted Friday after the NRA's top lobbyist said armed police were the only way to stop another tragedy like last week's mass slaying at a Connecticut elementary, where a gunman killed 20 students and six teachers.

Jackson says armed police officers "couldn't compete" with an attacker with an assault weapon, and that a ban on such weapons was needed.

He says he's disappointed that the NRA "showed no remorse" and offered more guns as a solution. He says bearing arms for hunting or self-defense is different from carrying assault weapons.

[popdonnelly]

Jackson’s gun phobia is not the answer, either.

[smokingfrog]

Don’t be giving the nut jobs any ideas.

[old curmudgeon]

Someone I know argues that using a firearm is too difficult and that guns in the hands of non-professionals will only result in the deaths of innocents.

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Yeah, we could not have that.

Just think, if there had been armed teachers in that school, we might have had some innocent children killed.

How lucky it was that did not happen.

It really is time that we stop listening to stupid people and do something real.

The Israelis have demonstrated the way to end mass shootings in schools.

Simple and easily affordable. You can’t beat “for free”.

[I want the USA back]

Liberals would rather let more kids be murdered so that they can have an excuse to seize legal guns from honest, law-abiding people and deliberately leave them in the hands of criminals.

[from occupied ga]

dee revin jessie jackass brays again. This turd is bought and paid for by the democratic party as is most of the media. No one with a brain listens to him, unfortunately over half of the electorate doesn’t have brains as was was shown by the last election.

[driftdiver]

Makes too much sense to do it that way.

Well I’m headed out to buy another gun. Hopefully theres something left in the store when I get there. The place I went yesterday had sold out of about 70% of their handgun inventory.

[Gertie]

It's “jacka$$” “not-sosharpton” an “calypso louie”, all three have rode on the coattails of unsuspecting blacks for years and years, they have disgraced the term “Reverend” and do not deserve to have any part of their name or title capitalized.

[Gertie]

Wonder how this played with the draft boards during the 2nd world war, Korea and Viet-Nam?

[mosesdapoet]

In all of these comments nobody is following up on the prosecution and partcularly the sentencing by liberal judges in these cases.
If there were 10, 12, and 14, year olds facing the zapping chair you would see these stats drop like a 10 ton boulder.

[SunkenCiv]

Jackson says armed police officers "couldn't compete" with an attacker with an assault weapon, and that a ban on such weapons was needed.

Thanks Tailgunner Joe.

• Flashback: Clinton Requests $60 Million to Put Cops in Schools
• Nadler: "The State Ought to Have a Monopoly on Legitimate Violence"
• Mayor Emanuel releases fiery statement on NRA
• CA educators reject NRA call for guns in schools
• Laughable Saturday News: Blame GOP, Not Obamugabe...Hate the NRA...Praise Lurch the Liberal

[joethedrummer]

How does such an absolute MORON reach such a place of prominence in our society???

That people like him DO reach these places is what’s been wrong with this country all along. Not what THEY say has been the ‘wrongs’.

[MtnMan101]

THE ISRAELI SOLUTION....(They love and protect their children)

[stylin19a]

Hey Rev, you mumblin, race-baitin, adulterous bag of crap.. ...check this out....

The Chicago Police Department (CPD) charges CPS $25 million a year for two police officers at each high school.
But because the district hasn’t paid the full amount in previous years, it will have to pay $70 million in the 2011 school year.
CPS estimates that it costs $75,000 a year to have a police officer stationed at a school for daily 8 hour shifts.

doesn't say that they are armed, but....is the CPD allowed to be on duty unarmed ?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Jesse thinks picketing gun stores will stop attacks on schools.

Maybe passing out free Budweisers on street corners will help too.

[TXnMA]

"Jackson says armed police officers "couldn't compete" with an attacker with an assault weapon, and that a ban on such weapons was needed."

Einstein's definition of insanity: "Repeating the same action -- and expecting different results."

The "Revrunnnnn" Jack@$$ is living proof that

Liberalism is a mental disease!

[TXnMA]

"Why does the press continue to interview this idiot?"

...because they are liberal dumb@$$3$ -- just like him...

[TXnMA]

"What is it about armed guards in schools that they all so violently disagree with?"

Armed guards would reduce their opportunities to dance gleefully on the graves of innocents...

[TXnMA]

If you like, you are welcome to ping your list to # 55 -- which has some newly-crafted and indisputable "graphic ammunition" to combat liberal whines for a new AWB and/or a reduction in gun sales...

[TXnMA]

Original presentation of data in #55:

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks TXnMA!