Mallin, Jay. Gun violence protesters march on NRA lobbying offices. 2012. Capital Hill, Washington, D.C. 2013
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Former Rep. Asa Hutchison (R-Ark.) issued a 225 page report on school safety funded by the National Rifle Association. The report endorses trained armed employees to come up with an "important layer of security in schools." A 12 person task force prepared a report naming it the School Shield Program led by Hutchison. During the press conference on Tuesday, he said that it's findings were independent of the nation's biggest gun lobby.
"Teachers should teach, but if there is personnel that has interest and is willing to go through 40 to 60 hours of [firearms] training, then schools should be willing to [arm them]," Hutchinson said. He added that the report found that "local school authorities are in the best position" to determine their own school security measures, "specifically whether an armed security guard is necessary and supported by the education and citizen community."
Aidenator. Columbine in Black and White. 2006. 2013 http://www.flickr.com/photos/48674079@N00/339036890/lightbox/
On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed 12 students and one teacher at Columbine. On the school grounds that day was Neil Gardner, an armed sheriff's deputy who had been policing the school for nearly two years.
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