Patch Poll: Do You Think Armed Guards Should Be Hired to Protect Public Schools?
Many schools have security guards and metal detectors—but should they go a step further, as Butler School District did this week?
The Aurora, CO theater in July, the Wisconsin Sikh Temple in August, the Oregon Mall earlier last week—and the mass shooting in Newtown, CT on Friday. This year has been numbing in terms of America dealing with multiple deaths in public places. The blaming game has already started with such political and religious "hot potatoes" as gun control, lack of prayer in the schools, inadequate access to mental health care, lack of parental control, breakup of American families, etc. According to Mother Jones, an independent news organization that features investigative and breaking news, there have been at least 62 mass shootings in America in the last 30 years—and most of the killers got their guns legally. Of the 139 guns possessed by the …
Roger Overandout
6:10 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Why doesn't the poll give you nine ways to say no and one way to say yes? That way they would have a better chance of getting the numbers they are obviously looking for. more ›