Poll: 66 Percent Of Virginia Voters Want Armed Guards In Schools

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM


TOM KLUDT 8:36 AM EST, THURSDAY JANUARY 10, 2013

The National Rifle Association's call for armed guards in schools across the country drew intense criticism in many circles, but a poll released Thursday shows that voters in a key swing state overwhelmingly support the proposal.

According to the latest survey from Quinnipiac University, 66 percent of registered voters in Virginia favor the idea of placing armed police officers in the Commonwealth's public schools while only 29 percent are opposed.

But Virginia voters are staunchly opposed to arming educators: 31 percent favor allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons in the classroom, compared with 66 percent who are opposed.

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Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/poll-66-percent-of-virginia-voters-want-armed

[LiberalFighter]

1. Then they need to pay higher taxes.

[Maeve]

2. Seriously. the follow-up question should have been "How would you like to pay for it?" eom

[atreides1]

3. NO

The NRA who made the suggestion, the gun manufacturers who make the product, and the "66%" that like the idea should pay higher taxes!

Not all Virginians!

[Bonduel]

9. We don't work that way

Are you saying that only those who support abortion should pay taxes to assist in abortions? Should only those who support green technology and energy pay taxes for those interests? We don't and can't work that way.

[LiberalFighter]

15. If only we could identify them all.

I suppose a work around would be to impose a tax on sales of any firearm or ammo sales in Virginia and an annual $1 tax on the NRA for each member residing in Virginia? More than likely it would be difficult to get the necessary data on that. It probably still wouldn't be enough to fund the security for schools in Virginia.

[Nine]

20. doesn't matter, it would never pass anyway

Get a commission to figure out the true cost, not just in salary but in liability insurance and all other costs. Put a levy on the ballot for it. It won't pass, I guarantee. Anything sounds good if you think it's free.

[former9thward]

21. Chicago does it.

They have 2000 armed police and other security in their schools every day. They seem to be able to afford it.

[onehandle]

4. Do they mean a 'well regulated militia?'

Oh wait... That part shall be ignored.

[sofa king]

5. Dammit, Virginians!

Think this through, people! If you arm people in schools, you are automatically arming potential school shooters.

If people in schools are armed, school shooters don't even have to worry about procuring a weapon, getting it inside, or dealing with a defender in the school, because they can solve all three of those problems by starting with killing the guard with the gun.

(edit: "guard," not teacher, as if there is a major difference. To a murderous and suicidal person, the person with the gun is merely the first target.)

[graham4anything]

6. notice- they want armed POLICE not armed Zimmerman/Paul Blarts

I have nothing against uniformed law enforcement federal/state/local

but no private force.and make sure they are not racists.

If one is hiring, why not hire the best, either Minister Farakhan's the singular best in security,
or have special forces trained by Mossad.

Israel is a democracy that has armed guards on the street. And it works pretty well these days.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. I'd rather see a poll of parents with school aged children. It's what they want that counts.

[Tempest]

11. That's why I ignore these kinds of polls. n/t

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

8. I bet the number is higher for

Transvaginal probes.

[otohara]

10. This Gun Thing Is Getting Worse

by the day.

It terrifies me.

[RKP5637]

12. I live in a concealed weapon state, I often wonder who I'm walking among ... because I see

some I wouldn't like having a water pistol.

[otohara]

16. Christmas Day We Went to a Movie

and for the first time evah ... the pa system voice tells us to look for all exit signs in case of an emergency. First thing that comes to your mind is Aurora.
I live in CO

[RKP5637]

17. That, is scary. I live in KS and a guy just shot his wife in the leg while reaching in his

pocket at dinner in a restaurant and somehow grabbed the trigger of his concealed pistol.

[joelg]

13. Already

I teach at a high school in VA, we already have armed police resource officers.

[Dr_Scholl]

25. I grew up in Virginia Beach.

Both the middle and high school I attended had a cop stationed there. Virginia Beach is far from being a bad area.

[SpartanDem]

14. The article is misleading

it confuses the NRA's call for arm teacher vs supporting trained police officers.

[ileus]

18. Our Va county already has SRO's

[arcane1]

19. I wonder what the vote would be if Obama called for federal agents in schools

[Historic NY]

22. There are approximately 2100 schools (public) and 1.2 million students...

in Va. I don't know how many more private- semi-private - religious- etc there are.

The entire COPS budget request for 2013 is 289.6 million for 188 positions

http://www.justice.gov/jmd/2013summary/pdf/fy13-cops-bud-summary.pdf

[former9thward]

23. Why are you picking out that item?

COPS has nothing to do with schools with respect to providing security. They do educational type of presentations and work with community groups on specific crime strategy. They are not guards.

[Historic NY]

24. Because its about armed police officers.....

"66 percent of registered voters in Virginia favor the idea of placing armed police officers in schools"

COPs program hires cops it also provided money for rehiring cops. Community policing is more than just talking to groups...its a policing philosphy. COPS was the program Clinton came up with to hire 100000 cops. It never happened as you can see it barely now funds 188 positions with it requirements. I posted it to show just how much money is there.

You might be thinking DARE and that done with. .