GUARDS IN SCHOOLS; WILL THAT BE ENOUGH?

SPECIAL POST

In the aftermath of Newtown, almost before the echoes of gunfire left Sandy Hook School, the cries for gun control spewed from every Obama disciple in the country.  Shortly thereafter, Wayne LaPierre of the NRA suggested that what we need is armed guards in every school, an idea so repugnant that even Obama cringed.  

From the beginning, I was advocating that it is not the guns at fault, it is society, mental illness and the constantly repetitive depiction of violence in video games and movies directed at young people. It wasn't long before this stance was being taken up by everyone involved, not because I was one of the first to say it, but because reason dictates that it is the proper conclusion.  And so it is that we need to examine the probability of armed guards in schools with some reason and some caution.  

First of all, we cannot even think of turning our schools into armed bastions of defense for longer than a very few years.  Doing so in the long run is likely to produce a more severe psychological problem for society than I care to contemplate.  Secondly, arming school guards is not going to solve the problem; the sickos will simply switch venues to movie theaters, shopping malls, sporting events or other stages where tremendous shock can be instigated.  Third, there will be a tendency for government authorities to declare the danger resolved once every school is defended.  Yet, reasonable conjecture says that even if we took away all guns from all people, the danger would not subside; sickos would just use a bat, an axe, a knife or explosives to fulfill their violent fantasies.  

It is for this reason that I propose that we curtail our lavish spending on pork-barrel projects, that we stop feathering the nests of political supporters and that we put some money toward finding the true causes of these acts of mass violence and seeking some meaningful longer-term cures for whatever it really is that ails our society.  

And no, it's not 32-ounce soft drinks, either.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.