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Watch live: NRA announces details of plan to put armed guards in schools
Former U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchinson announces recommendations arising from the NRA’s National School Shield Program, an initiative aimed at providing schools with armed guards. Watch live, broadcast via NBC News on April 2.…
Philadelphia mayor: NRA’s armed school guards plan ‘a completely dumbass idea’
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter had harsh words on Wednesday for the National Rifle Association’s call to plant armed guards at every school in the country, citing the Dec. 24 shooting attack on firefighters in Webster, New York as proof the group’s proposal was untenable. “[A] guy sets a fire, firefighters…
Armed guards in schools? Reaction to NRA is swift and strong.
Armed guards in schools? Reaction to NRA is swift and strong. Gun-control advocates responded swiftly – and negatively – to the National Rifle Association’s unusual presentation Friday to the media calling for armed guards in the nation’s schools. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, cochair of the group Mayors Against Illegal…
Taiwan mulls armed guards on ships against pirates
Taiwan is considering a plan to place armed guards on board local ships that sail in pirate-infested waters, especially off Somalia, officials and media said Tuesday. “The proposal has been under evaluation, but details of how it can be done have not been finalised,” an official at the transportation ministry told AFP, declining…
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