Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Arming our schools? Cost of officer at every Alabama campus estimated at $122 million | al.com - Dawn Kent -The National Association of School Resource Officers estimates there are about 10,000 school-based police officers around the country. They are not common in elementary schools. - School resource officers do more than simply protect a school from immediate danger, Canady said. They spend time in the schools, forming relationships with students and parents and, many times, addressing issues before they become big problems. - "It's community policing at its best," he said.
Conservative Joe Scarborough stuns with call for gun control - NY Daily News - But he said "the ideologies of my past career were no longer relevant" after Friday's tragic events, in which 20 young children and six adults were brutally cut down by one disturbed young man armed with assault weapons. - "Entertainment moguls do not have an absolute right to glorify murder while spreading mayhem in young minds across America," he said. "And our Bill of Rights does not guarantee gun manufacturers the absolute right to sell military-styled high-caliber semi-automatic combat assault rifles with high capacity magazines to whoever the hell they want." - "Politicians can no longer be allowed to defend the status quo," Scarborough said. "They must instead be forced to defend our children."
Fox News Bans Gun-Control Talk - The Daily Beast - The decision spotlights the “growing chasm between Rupert Murdoch and [Fox News president] Roger Ailes,” who is reportedly a gun enthusiast, says New York magazine.
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