SPEAK OUT: Georgia Schools Chief Backs NRA Proposal on Armed Officers at Schools
A spokesperson for Barge likes the suggestion for schools. Share your thoughts.
The suggestion Friday (December 20) of having armed officers at schools as a deterrent to mass shootings found approval from Georgia School Superintendent John Barge. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Having a school resource officer would certainly be ideal,” Matt Cardoza, director of communications at the Georgia Department of Education, said Friday after a conversation with Barge. “It makes the school a safer place, but the state would have to pick up a significant part of that cost. "Districts aren’t really in a position to pay for more than what they’re already struggling to pay for.” Friday, a National Rifle Association executive called for Congress to foot the bill for armed guards at every school in the country. "The …
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C.A. Suwanee Resident
2:02 pm on Thursday, December 27, 2012
Outrageous and simple minded proposal to address a complex global issue. Then why not just place our schools in prison systems where armed guards are abundant? A guy who intends to kill others and then put a bullet in their own head is not concerned with facing resistance from an armed guard placed in every school. Enough of the short sighted solutions and school superintents endorsing NRA who … more ›