NRA: Put Armed Officers in Every St. Charles School
St. Charles School District Superintendent said adding officers at each school would cost $600,000 a year.
Posting an armed officer in every St. Charles school and in schools across the country is the goal of the National Rifle Association (NRA), the guns-rights lobby announced on Friday. "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," said Wayne LaPierre, the organization's top lobbyist, at a Friday news conference, according to a Huffington Post report. The statement comes on the heels of the tragic school shooting in Newtown, CT, where 20 children and six adults were killed. NRA had remained silent until Wednesday, when it first announced its intention to offer "meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again." St. Charles School District Superintent Jeff Marion said that the district funds one…
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