rfw2003 wrote on 03/29/13 at 22:22:39:Midnightrider wrote on 03/29/13 at 22:15:55:All the middle and high schools in NC have a SRO (School Resource Officer) It wouldn't cost that much more to put one at the elementary schools. They could use the National Guard or some form of military personel and it wouldn't cost anything because these guys get a gov. paycheck anyway. There should be no gun free zones in the US except for a few buildings in Wasington and courthouses. I really think every politician should be issued a firearm and let him protect him or herself. No more Secret Service. A life is a life.That might change their mind. I'd love to see Bloomberg walk the streets of NY city at night with no protection. Anyone in Chicago who doesn't have a gun should be issued one. See what happens to the crime rate then. I think computer voting machines should be set up at public libraries where every 6 mos you could fire a politician if over 50% weren't satisfied with their performance. We're scared of the government and its supposed to be the other way around. The computers could be set up for the people to declare war, the president and congress have proven they're not worthy of the power. The people should vote on the tax rates, most of us don't mind paying our fair share. The rich 5% will get outvoted. We need to take our country back, return it to the people who built it and made it what it use to be.
I really like that idea. Put our tax dollars to a good cause instead of protecting the corrupt politicians and government employees with the secret service and national guard or military forces put them in places that protect the people instead. It wouldn't cost us anymore and those corrupt idiots might just change their minds and figure out what it actually needed instead of what they want for themselves.
R.F.
Oh yea, the fallacy of "smarter government" as peddled by RMoney ... and yea we need to rearrange everything to make your idea work ... if we could make govt smarter we would have, if we could make anything better, we would have. We can divert $$$ from corruption to do everything - except we cant.
BTW your TX may be different ... I have lived in Houston in the Cy-Fair district, and with each teacher managing 20-30 kids when an emergency starts, these teachers will have their hands full herding these cats ... I mean kids to safety I dont think any of them will be able to coherently "return fire". Same with NC where I live now.
The resource officer - 1 per school wont be enough, a big school would need 8-10, small school maybe 4-5. Is the resource officer there to deal with the kids bringing knives/guns to school though ? Or an external shooter ?
Cool.
Srinath.