NRA Press Confrence Discussion

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I have one concern to add to this discussion.

From an outsiders (non2A's) perspective, I have a feeling that a lot of the general sheeple will think that having armed security or teachers with guns at the school could be reflective of a "police state" where there are armed men on every corner. I understand the difference here, obviously, since we're talking about every-day citizens, but imagine for a moment if someone other than the 2A supporters said "We need armed security 24/7 and we have the men to do it"... Maybe the government for instance? What would our reaction be if BO said, "No problem NRA. Instead of you guys spending your money to make this happen, I'll cover it, and my properly trained men will protect our children, not some untrained civilians." How would that make you feel?

Imagine how the lefties feel considering the NRA's men are looked upon with disgust. Don't we get disgusted by BO and his men? For this reason, I don't see this being successful. As much as I agree with the premise that responsible gun owners save lives, I don't want the tides to turn and some Gov't douche to put their pawns in our schools instead of regular local cops and responsible teachers/principles, etc.

We rely on BO and his 'men' to protect us every day. Is he not the Commander and Chief of the entire US military? Do not all the armed federal agents in our government (FBI, DEA, BATF, etc) not ultimately report to him? I have no problem with civilian law enforcement watching over our schools. The reality is local or state law enforcement would be tasked with this. Even if federal agents were to provide security I would have no issue. The fact is when BO is out of office, these people will still be there doing their jobs and they would then report to the next president. They work for the office, not the man.

And we really do need to ask ourselves why we don't actively protect our schools. Even if we could get rid of the maniacs/mass murders in our own society, we know for a fact there is a whole world of people who hate us and wish us harm. Some were willing to fly airplanes into buildings to harm us. I'm frankly suprised they haven't burst into a school yet and massacred everyone in it. We most definetly need to protect our children. Police state arguments or not, this is not the same world most of us grew up in. Our schools are incredibly vulnerable as we've unfortunately witnessed.