Opinion: What the NRA Won't Tell You

A letter from reader Nancy Green on the issue of gun control

Do You Think the NRA Is Concerned About School Safety?

Wayne LaPierre, head of the National Rifle Association (NRA) appeared on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday

On Sunday morning Wayne LaPierre, head of the National Rifle Association (NRA) appeared on NBC's Meet the Press to defend his controversial call to put put armed police officers in our nations schools. “If it’s crazy to call for putting police in and securing our schools to protect our children, then call me crazy,” LaPierre told NBC’s David Gregory. The New York Post called LaPierre a "gun nut" and "NRA loon” on its Saturday’s cover. LaPierre first urged Congress to act on Friday morning, which was the the one week anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Conn.   "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," he said on Friday.   Local residents had mixed reactions to the NRA's call for …

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NRA: Put ‘Armed Police Officers’ in Every School

In a press conference held Friday morning, the head of the NRA called for armed police officers to guard our nations schools

During its first press conference since the Sandy Hook School shooting last Friday, the National Rifle Association (NRA) called for schools to be armed with police officers. "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," said NRA executive Wayne LaPierre. He said school children defenseless "and the predators of the world know it and exploit it." LaPierre urged Congress  ”to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school in this nation. Middletown Resident Craig Pruitt says the NRA's idea is worth considering. "It maybe more effective and cheaper than banning guns," he said on Facebook.  "Also, it will create jobs." At least one Patch reader does not agree. "We can't even afford …

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