St. Louis County Police Chief Wants to Arm School Officials With Guns
In the wake of the Newtown, CT school massacre, St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch will visit schools this week to discuss increasing security, including putting guns in elementary schools.
St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch and police officers will begin visiting St. Louis County schools Monday morning, according to KMOV-TV. Fitch said he's received numerous calls from area schools concerned about security since Friday's mass shooting in a Newtown, CT, elementary school. He said officers will step up patrols around all elementary schools in the 12 school districts within their service. Fitch acknowledges most high schools and some middle schools, including those in West St. Louis County, have armed school resource officers. However, elementary schools are not normally protected by officers. Fitch wants to see armed resource officers or armed school officials in those schools, according to KSDK-TV. He points out that …
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5:49 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012
Sorry Greg, I assumed you would object to restrictions on large cap mags and semi-automatic weapons. My mistake. So, you're onboard with legislation restricting sale and possession of these death machines? more ›