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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Lucky for Marlboro, New Jersey, mayor Jonathan Hornik he's a Democrat. Were
he not, it's hard to see how his segment this afternoon with CNN's Don Lemon
would've been so civil. Lemon, just one of many CNN gun-control hysterics,
actually treated with respect someone who agreed with the NRA's proposal to
place armed guards in schools. I was expecting the kind of confrontational
fireworks that most certainly would've come had Hornik been a Republican.
Quite a media world we live in when it's worth noting every time a guest not
towing the liberal line is treated with civility on CNN. Anyway…
Hornik says the idea to place an armed police officer in all nine of his
schools didn’t come from the NRA. It was something he decided to do in the
wake of the Newtown murders based on the recommendation of local law
enforcement:
Last week, Marlboro, NJ decided to arm security officers in its nine public
schools after Newtown, Conn., school massacre. Local police recommended the
measure to boost school security and it was approved for a 3-month trial
period by the school board, Marlboro Mayor Jonathan Hornik said. The
decision made national news and caused an outcry in some quarters. Hornik
said he received many critical emails, mostly from people outside the town.
The move came before the National Rifle Association on Friday recommended
that schools across the country employ armed police officers in response to
Newtown. The proposal drew harsh criticism from New York education officials
and politicians, with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg describing it
as a “shameful evasion of the crisis facing our country.” Hornik, a
Democrat, said his decision wasn’t prompted by the NRA and he believes in
gun control.
“I’ve got liberals [mad] at me. I’ve got the conservatives [mad] by
saying the NRA is ridiculous,” Hornik said . “I’m not a lunatic, trust me
. I’m not someone who can just sit there and hope that our children will be
safe in our schools.”
“I do not support the NRA,” he added.
Hornik might not support the NRA, but he most certainly supports putting the
safety of schoolchildren above political expediency. That, of course, is
heresy in most left-wing circles, especially when the end-result affirms a
position taken by an outfit the media considers evil, like the NRA.
Hornik is also making the NRA's idea a better one. The NRA's suggestion that
placing armed guards in all 100,000 or so public schools is a good one
until you get to the part about the federal government funding and
overseeing the program's implementation. The last thing we need are 250,000
more unionized federal employees.
A local mayor working with the local police department, however, is exactly
how this could/should be done. Hornik also told CNN's Lemon that the added
security is being paid for out of school funds, and heaven knows that if
there's any government institution bloated with money, it's our public
school system. In fact, it's hard to imagine any public school system not
being able to cut a little bloat here and there in order to afford another
employee or two, especially an employee with the training to bring down a
cold-blooded murderer almost immediately.
It's also smart for Hornik to let the world know his schools are now
protected by firearms. Unlike "gun-free zones" that advertise a building
full of sitting ducks, an "armed zone" can work as a deterrent. |
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