“Typical right wing crap!”
Says one of our resident LW Lib Nitwits.

I agree with the efforts to place armed security on campuses. But I fail to understand how the media and ‘gun free zones’ are to blame. An assailant willing to take his own life is neither going to be deterred nor invited by any sign of presence or lack of presence of deadly force. What irks me as well (and possibly this is just a product of a society that values vengeance over life) is that nobody is talking about the two other deceased involved in this tragedy; the assailant and the mother. I’m not trying to take anything away from the innocent victims, however we should also consider that this is a terrible loss for the Lanza family as well. Anyone who has ever watched a loved one (especially your own child) reap the consequences of poor decisions should understand what I’m talking about.

“An assailant willing to take his own life is neither going to be deterred nor invited by any sign of presence or lack of presence of deadly force.”

Ok. Lets pass a law that requires all homeowners to clearly designate their property as a “gun free zone” if there is no gun on the premises. Gun owners should be required to designate their property as well.
Lets see what happens.
Amazing how you never hear about murder at gun ranges. With all the guns and ammo at shooting ranges, you would think there would be a mass killing every week.

John-we’re not talking about some petty burgler. And individual citizens can put what they want on their property. While a sign might deter or invite a petty thief, it would make no difference to someone who doesn’t value his own life, but is hell bent on murder. Some may be in the business of demonizing guns, sure. But I think the NRA leadership is a bit paranoid. The majority of American have no desire to confiscate hunting rifles and hand guns from law abiding citizens. The majority of Americans simply want the gun lobby to be reasonable as to keeping certain fire arms out of the hands of bad guys.

The idea of armed guards at schools is ludicrous. Who screens the guards? Who arms the guards? Who insures the guards? There are so many weapons readily available on the streets that no force would be 100% effective against a dedicated lunatic bent on slaughter.

“The A-15 (modified military/police guns ~complete with so many accessories it is called “the Barbie” ) and the .223 bullet combo were originally developed for combat.”

First off it’s M16 and it was originally developed as a light fully automatic weapon for security guards. Subsequently found to be a pretty good weapon for jungle combat and later refined as the primary battle weapon for the US and many of our allies. the .223 was in existence prior to the M16 and is used in many other non (erroneously called) assault weapon firearms. The AR15 (not A15) is a SL firearm (as in not an automatic weapon) that looks like an M16. By the way the US military no longer issues the full auto version of the M16 as hasn’t in many years. The present version of they select fire M16 and M4 can be
fired singularly (one shot for one pull of the trigger) or three shot burst. Hope this clears up some of the erroneous info you are presenting here.

Thanks for the info Andy~ I was going by the paper/and other sources have said ( as reported by the police and medical examiner~ who knew they’d get it wrong??) and did err in not calling it a AR-15. I did find this,the latest info on the weapon “The primary weapon used in the attack was a “Bushmaster AR-15 assault-type weapon,” said Connecticut State Police Lt. Paul Vance. The rifle is a Bushmaster version of a widely made AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 rifle used by the U.S. military. The original M-16 patent ran out years ago, and now the AR-15 is manufactured by several gunmakers. Unlike the military version, the AR-15 is a semiautomatic, firing one bullet per squeeze of the trigger. But like the M-16, ammunition is loaded through a magazine. In the school shooting, police say Lanza’s rifle used numerous 30-round magazines.

An AR-15 is usually capable of firing a rate of 45 rounds per minute in semiautomatic mode.

Police didn’t offer details about the specific model of the rifle Lanza used. A typical Bushmaster rifle, such as the M4 model, comes with a 30-round magazine but can use magazines of various capacities from five to 40 rounds. An M4 weighs about 6 ½ pounds and retails for about $1,300.”
Easy enough to see how the “erroneous info you are presenting here” came about. We just do not know exactly what he did use~ yet.
There are a grand total ~ if we include private schools, non degree granting (training), Post secondary Title IV, and degree granting colleges ~ elementary/high schools in the United States= some 145,667 in 2009-2010 .Some have armed teachers or security but many states will have to change their laws.
That is a lot of hires before school starts . During an earthquake the staff was supposed to duck and cover,leaving the handicapped students in place…that was unacceptable…I would home school now for sure.