Indiana: State government: GOP Sen. Jim Tomes, who represents Indianapolis, backed the NRA's call.
Indiana allows security guards to carry handguns on school property. Many are off-duty police officers who are exempted from the state's gun-free school zone laws, the Courier-Journal reports. "We should live up to the Constitution and the Second Amendment. You know, that's it," Indiana GOP Rep. Dan Burton told the Louisville Courier-Journal. "And if you have somebody that's mentally unbalanced, you are going to have these problems. I don't know how you do away with that." New Jersey (some would like to buy no money): "We have 11 schools in South Brunswick," said Hayduca, who is police chief in the town. "I would have to hire 10 officers, at a total cost of more than $1 million, to put a cop in every school. "It's just not realistic. I mean, the concept is great, but financially, you can't do it." Colorado: Money is not an issue. That's not the case in Jefferson County, Colo., however. The 1999 shootings at Columbine High School left the two killers and 13 others dead. "We have a cop in every high school in unincorporated Jefferson County," Mark Techmeyer, a spokesman for the county Sheriff's Office, told Fox. "Two deputies are assigned to Columbine. And our regular patrol deputies act as liaisons to each elementary school. Pennsylvania: http://www.gopusa.com/news/2012/12/22/pa-school-districts-familiar-with-armed-guards-in-schools/?subscriber=1 A number of schools currently have armed guards. (My comment added to discussion near end of the article:) In order to determine whether one is allowed to buy a gun, one must be checked out by the Feds. The only way that would work is to have a national data base of people with known mental illness. Can you imagine what that would do to notions of privacy? Signed: Nicholas Geti _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/5E8F734F96434683A79C287E2F1024EE@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
