NRA: Put ‘Armed Police Officers’ in Every School

In a press conference held Friday morning, the head of the NRA called for armed police officers to guard our nations schools

During its first press conference since the Sandy Hook School shooting last Friday, the National Rifle Association (NRA) called for schools to be armed with police officers. "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," said NRA executive Wayne LaPierre. He said school children defenseless "and the predators of the world know it and exploit it." LaPierre urged Congress  ”to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school in this nation. What do you think about the NRA's call for armed police officers in our schools? Tell us in the comments!

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Danny White

9:58 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013

I'd rather get shot with a .22 semi-auto rifle then a 12 gauge pump shotgun. How about we ban those too Bruce. They aren't semi-auto but can do way more damage. You need to educate yourself about firearms before you decide the rights of others.   more ›

Chafee Declares Friday Day of Mourning

The following was provided by the Office of Governor Chafee

  Governor Lincoln Chafee has declared Friday, December 21, 2012 – the one-week anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT – a "Day of Mourning" in the State of Rhode Island. To honor the memory of the 26 victims who lost their lives in the shootings, the Governor has also called for a statewide moment of silence at 9:30 a.m. on that day and has asked that buildings, which have the ability, ring bells 26 times during that moment in honor of each life that was taken. "The past week has been one of great pain for the community of Newtown, the State of Connecticut, and our country as a whole," Governor Chafee said. "Each day, we see reports of funeral services for children taken from their families too …

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Send 'Prayer Bears' to Comfort Newtown Shooting Victims

The First Baptist Church of Wickford is holding a workshop to build bears for Newtown, CT.

  In the wake of last week's tragic school shooting in Connecticut, a local church in North Kingstown is looking to help support a grieving community in Newtown. The First Baptist Church in Wickford is hosting a workshop this Saturday, building bears to be sent to the victims' family and friends. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., members of the church will have a machine on site to help stuff teddy bears (similar to Build-a-Bear Workshop). All members of the community are invited to attend and "build" a bear, which can be adopted for $10. Each bear will be accompanied by the following poem: I am a little angel, dressed up as a bear; I'm cuddly and soft and stuffed with loving care. Someone filled me with some prayers especially for you; I am your …

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Reassuring Our Kids After A Heinous Tragedy

Dealing with the unthinkable aftermath of Friday's shooting massacre in Newton, CT.

Writing this piece in the aftermath of the unthinkable tragedy in Newtown, CT on Friday, Dec. 14 is eerily surreal.  To learn that 26 innocent lives, 20 of them precious young children, were killed in a shooting massacre in their very own elementary school is just incomprehensible. As a mom of eight kids, the youngest of whom is 7 and in the first grade,  I was stricken with immense grief and disbelief that sweet, trusting young elementary school-aged children as well as their devoted and loving teachers and staff who cared and taught them were so brutally murdered. A tragedy of this magnitude is horrific, but knowing that so many helpless children were the victims takes the pain and horror to a whole new level.  I am not a certified …

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