Wednesday, December 26, 2012

It's Always About "Control" With These People

Gregory Mocks LaPierre for Proposing Armed Guards, but Sends Kids to High-Security School

Yes, the millionaires in the media and government will always be protected. Those living without private or publicly-funded security or police departments and with an expected law enforcement response time of 30 minutes may feel differently than Dave.

We live in a world where malls, hospitals, movie theaters, and even public libraries have armed security. Why is it so weird to suggest the same for schools? Heck, I even know of churches that use discreetly armed personnel. 

[Disclaimer: I would employ an armed guard at a former parish, when I was a rector in Hartford, whenever we had an evening meeting or liturgy.  It was a long-time practice at that parish, considered both prudent and normal.  There was not a person in the parish, including those who thought there should be no guns at all in the world, only rainbows and unicorns, who didn't welcome that guard and admit to feeling safer because of him.]

Why is it provocative of me to want my granddaughter to have professional protection while at school?  It seems a much crazier idea to declare a location a "gun-free zone" and expect those words, like magic, to keep away psycho killers.

Ironically, it appears that Dave, in his passion to address this problem in society with the usual journalistic objectivity, managed to violate Washington D.C.'s gun control laws. 

Police probe NBC's David Gregory on gun clip

From the comments: "What I want to know is how many citizens have been jailed in DC for violating this law? And is their skin color darker than David Gregory’s?"