Clinton wanted to put cops in schools too

[B2G]

in the wake of Columbine. Frankly, I don't see a downside to this.

snip:

Clinton also unveiled the $60-million fifth round of funding for "COPS in School," a Justice Department program that helps pay the costs of placing police officers in schools to help make them safer for students and teachers. The money will be used to provide 452 officers in schools in more than 220 communities.

"Already, it has placed 2,200 officers in more than 1,000 communities across our nation, where they are heightening school safety as well as coaching sports and acting as mentors and mediators for kids in need," Clinton said.

http://articles.latimes.com/2000/apr/16/news/mn-20323

[samsingh]

1. a police presence can not be the only solution to the gun problem

how many police would be in a school? when would they get involved? when someone has already been killed?

[B2G]

2. Who is proposing it's the ONLY solution? n/t

[samsingh]

6. wasn't it a leading point of wayne laidiot's press conference?

since he's promoting guns, the onous is on the NRA to provide a complete solution.

basterdizing a piece of the constitution and saying that guns without responsibility are everyone's right is no longer acceptable.

in fact, it has never been about a true discussion, but about money, votes and power. There may now be enough people to counter the traditional nra legacy of fear.

[Live and Learn]

3. I have learned through the decades to be more scared of deranged cops

than to be scared of the remote possibility of a deranged armed mass killer. The likelihood of being tazed or shot by a cop is much higher than being shot by any other stranger.

[B2G]

5. And your 'lessons' have been much different from mine.

[samsingh]

7. apparently - deranged cops are present in every sample - did you hear about the recent nyc cop

who had deranged fantacies of killing and eating female victims? How would be police the police? they would be in a position to take advantage of kids. It would be a pedophile paradise.

[B2G]

10. I'd ask if you're kidding, but I know you're not

I'm willing to take my chances on my grandbabies not being eaten or raped by the school resource officer.

[samsingh]

12. this was an actual recent case. the maniac's wife turned him in.

[Live and Learn]

8. Well, you can keep your cop near you and yours at all times then

but keep them and their weapons away from me and mine.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. 3rd Way & Repubs sing the same songs in harmony.

[sanatanadharma]

9. Another quote from the LA Times article that changes the perpective..

...on the NRA and Republican response at this moment (as well I think as the OP motives)
"
Clinton's proposals drew instant comment from Republicans.

"The White House conference on teenagers is sure to draw national headlines and attention, but unlikely to add new light to these troubling questions," said Rep. J.C. Watts Jr. (R-Okla.), chairman of the House Republican Conference. He said the solutions will be found around America's kitchen tables, "not from Washington or from posturing politicians."

Republican National Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson accused Clinton of having "shamelessly politicized and taken advantage of national tragedies" while ignoring the films, television programs and music videos Nicholson said are responsible for creating "a culture of death" among youthful Americans. Instead of using his office to combat the entertainment industry, Clinton has chosen to use the industry as a source of campaign cash, he said."

[B2G]

13. My 'motives'?

Here's my fucking motive. I think it's a good idea to have cops in schools. I want my grandkids to have a fighting chance if some whack job shows up with a gun. So did the Dems back in 2000.

[rainlillie]

16. I totally agree.

[MotherPetrie]

11. He went for DOMA and DADT too

[kenny blankenship]

14. And he also thought NAFTA and GATT and eliminating Glass-Steagal were good ideas too.

Clinton is a grafting buffoon. Using his interns for sex is about the apex of his theorizing ability.

[rainlillie]

15. I'm not opposed to the idea..

As I've stated in a previous post, my nephew works in one of the most dangerous schools in NYC. A lot of gang members attend the school. They haven't had one school shooting. They have very tight security there.

[graham4anything]

17. They had a surplus back then. Now America doesn't have the money required, so who will pay 2012?

but thanks for the Clinton smear.

In 1992, they did not have that many terrorist NRA events.

It is easier now just to ourright change the constitution, or the courts, and have guns
good bye
tata
adieu
caio
auf wiedersehen
see you later alligator guns

and no bullets

[B2G]

18. 'Smear'? Lol. OK.