OTHER VOICES:

Hey, kids, don’t forget your guns

Daniel Akst

Monday, Jan. 7, 2013 | 2:01 a.m.

Here we go again. After the tragic school killings in Newtown, Conn., the leader of the National Rifle Association offers a perfectly sensible proposal to put cops with guns in every school — and people jump all over him. “A paranoid, dystopian vision,” said New York’s anti-gun mayor, Michael Bloomberg. “The most revolting, tone-deaf statement I’ve ever seen,” said Sen.-elect Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat. But the only problem I can see with the NRA’s proposal is that it doesn’t go far enough. For some reason, nobody in this country is willing to admit the obvious, which is that the ...

Daniel Akst is a writer in New York. He wrote this for the Los Angeles Times.

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By Warrior

Jan. 7, 2013

6:39 a.m.

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This not only passes as journalism in New York, Los Angeles and The Las Vegas Sun, but is also the driving force of this administration, can't even classify this as juvenile.
By Casper

Jan. 7, 2013

10:01 a.m.

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This is one of the funniest things I have read in a long time. It really shows the lack of reason that goes into the mindset of arming every teacher. I am a gun owner but still realistic. My condolences that those offended cannot even laugh at themselves if they actually were offended by this op-ed piece
By davestovall (David Stovall)

Jan. 7, 2013

3:23 p.m.

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Mr. Akst,
Well! Now you've gone and caused a few people to think.