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| School District Approves Rifles for School Resource Officers |
| 2013-12-19 |
| (AP) GAINESVILLE, GA. – A north Georgia school board has approved a measure allowing some school resource officers to carry rifles. Hat tip to the board. The plan calls for a rifle to be kept in each of the city's high schools and middle schools, The Gainesville Times reported. The weapons will be kept inside safes and will be accessible only to the school resource officer, school district officials have said. Earlier this year, district leaders said the safes would be accessible by fingerprint recognition. The estimated $6,000 cost will be split between the district and the police department, the newspaper reported. The city's police department approached the district with a proposal to allow resource officers in certain schools to carry rifles after the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., in December 2012. Board member Willie Mitchell voted against the proposal. "To me it's like putting Band-Aids on a cancer. Yeah, we need to study ways to keep bad people out of our school system but a gun in a cabinet, away from where probably the scene would happen, isn't going to stop any damage," he told the newspaper. "Studies" don't save lives Willie. Solid, rehearsed action plans save lives. Although Monday's vote followed shortly after the Newtown anniversary and a shooting in Colorado, board member Maria Calkins said the decision was based on the needs of the school district, not external factors. "This is about the relationship between Gainesville Police Department and Gainesville City Schools," Calkins said. "And what (the police) feel they need to do their job. It has nothing to do with any other school systems." Great answer! Keep up the good work. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 I'm all for having Les from Funky Winkerbean as the hall monitor. You know where he was sitting with a water cooled .30 caliber on top of the desk |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2013-12-19 18:24 |
| #8 When I was in high school this would have made me reorder my priority of nefarious activities. Which way? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-12-19 18:02 |
| #7 When I was in high school (80-83) we had a rifle team with indoor range and a smoking room for students. A few fist fights but never a shot fired in anger. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2013-12-19 16:10 |
| #6 When I was in high school this would have made me reorder my priority of nefarious activities. |
| Posted by: Greater Platypus9802 2013-12-19 15:04 |
| #5 When seconds count, your locked up guns are only minutes away. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-12-19 14:52 |
| #4 And of course it'll take 2-hours to consult with the district lawyers for permission to unlock them - including a signed waiver from the gunman... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-12-19 14:41 |
| #3 I don't get the point of long guns, locked up. Might as well keep them at the county sheriff's office. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-12-19 14:33 |
| #2 Gun locked away, equals useless. Thanks for notifying the world, asshole. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-12-19 09:52 |
| #1 Next step, a Ma Deuce machine gun. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-12-19 08:11 |