{"id":8000,"date":"2013-04-04T14:14:54","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T18:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8000"},"modified":"2013-04-04T14:14:54","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T18:14:54","slug":"tone-deaf-nra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8000","title":{"rendered":"Tone deaf NRA"},"content":{"rendered":"

NRA<\/a> released their recommendations on school safety<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

Had they simply said schools should have the option of hiring armed guards\/police it there would not have been an issue. \u00a0Many schools and colleges do have armed security so it’s not a big deal. \u00a0They could have said so-called gun free school zones<\/em>\u00a0should be abolished. \u00a0Much like drug free school zones<\/em> they’re feel good nonsense that do nothing to enhance student safety and a rational argument can be made against them.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately NRA went another direction with their report:<\/p>\n

“…\u00a0One “model training program” would include a background check for school staffers who want to carry a firearm as well as 40-60 hours in training<\/strong>, former representative Asa Hutchinson<\/a>, director of the project, said during a press conference at the National Press Club<\/a>. \u00a0While the NRA initially advocated for former police officers to volunteer to guard schools, <\/em>Hutchinson<\/em> said the NRA’s research caused the group to back off that approach. \u00a0“In terms of volunteers, my impression of school superintendents is they would have great reluctance and so it’s not the best solution,” Hutchinson said. “That’s why we have shifted to school staff, trained school staff, that’s designated by the superintendent of the school board.” …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

NRA is often unfairly accused of being tone deaf by opponents<\/a>. \u00a0This is not one of those times.<\/p>\n

This is an astoundingly stupid idea. \u00a0How anyone could think they could sell this idea to the general public is beyond me.<\/p>\n