If course they are using this for political purposes, but how is that any different than the Whitehouse...their booth doing the same thing.

Do You Think the White House Is Using the Sandy Hook Tragedy for Political Purposes?

argree .. they are looking to take advantage death of this childern to gain political edge... but the bottom line is even if you arm guard they would be no match against they military weapons tha these nut cases can get... so nothing would change... plus it not only schools,, malls . movies.. they need to wake up

Fact: Most inner- city middle and high school already have an armed police officer's permanently assigned, this for safety and due to violence, gang issues drug problems
etc. Why with a history of attacks on schools has this not been a mandatory policy.
The focus should be on increase security protocols, police monitored surveillance systems at all schools which is worth every dollar. Many states already have strict gun control. This breach in security parallels the embassy fiasco.

To say they are using this for political purposes is an understatement. In fact if they were using it for political purposes they might have made some concessions to the public mood. LaPierre's statement reveals an underlying sickness and fanaticism that truly believes that the answer to violence is more guns. Let's face it the NRA is beyond being a political lobbying group, it is driven by evil.

Or course they are, but only in response to everyone else.
How about posing more relevant and useful questions rather than continue filling the air with pointless noise.

Show me the first gun that pulled its own trigger and then I "might" think about adding another law to the 1000's that are on the books and don't work now. Start with Holder and the "Gun Walking" issue that Obama has done nothing about.

I agree with Tar M.... this became political when the White House got envolved....

Unless this is terrorism, or a crime that took place over boarders, this is a local matter... IMHO Obama (and the admin) and the NRA, spill the same rhetoric at each other and don't seem to find any validity in each others argument to further discussions... I don't see this as a gun control issue... Typically Gun Control is about access to guns in the market, IMHO gun control should be about securing your weapon from accidents... and you should have to prove this... Unfortunately this is a common sense issue... His mother did not secure the weapons she purchased legally and allowed her son access when he shouldn't have been... she should have known... and if no one points a finger at her (Even for 50% fault), then we have lost all hope for responsible parenting...

Ultimately, this coward went to a place where people couldn't defend themselves (Due to the law) and took advantage of what should have been a safe haven for learning, not target practice...

I also don't think the NRA is a fault, they don't teach morons to steal a gun from your family, kill your mother, kill innocent people, and commit suicide... I think they have as much to do with this as mother teresa does... and I am not an NRA member...

Access to guns doesn't make me a violent menace to society, so why are people who dont own guns saying those who do are? or have Blood on my hands? doesn't make sense...

Maybe you can tell me why it seems that all these killings or liberal place why I don't understand at all all the kids seem to watch nothing but violent video games if you watch some of them games you understand what I'm saying it's strange that all these guys that's doing the killing are dressing just like the people in the video games maybe it's time that the SEC at our government start to do their job in crackdown on this kind of garbage and their kids are watching you take guns out of the hands of everyday Americans and it won't be long will have a dictatorship in this country you can laugh and joke all you want will be no different than North Korea China Iran or any other ones you let the UN get a hold here and you'll see that like they said why are they saying that in the NRA someday he'll think I don't agree if all these salt weapons they got but if you take them next to your hand pistils everything

Some dead five year olds are usable politically; dead in the backseat of a car because of DUI, not so much. No politically motivated calls for 3.2 beer only and access to vehicles capable of excess of 20MPH to law enforcement and military and EMTs only... yet DUI is the real fringe epidemic. No, lets show how much we care about rare, fringe mayhem by selling out freedoms that only exercise.

..that only others exercise

This is a ridiculous poll. The liberals are using this as fodder for their own agenda and the NRA responded. Any idiot can get their hands on a gun illegally. So stop the media nonsense and try to find some decent stories that will be worth my time to read.

What I do understand is Piers Morgan's inner demons. This is the Piers Morgan who left three (ages 8-15)bleeding on the battlefield of the marriage he destroyed because of his Holy need to sniff after the strange with some other married celebrity journalist. His oldest boy, a child of divorce, would be almost 20 now. Guns are in the basement; so if Mom and Dad are still together, does Adam do this? He was "devastated" by his parents breakup. So were those dead kids.

Some will no doubt call me naive, but I do not believe either the NRA or its many foes are using this incident for political gain. I believe that both sides truly believe that the positions they have adopted will serve to protect us. I find flaws in the positions of both sides because neither seems willing to adopt a balanced approach, to take into account all of the factors that play into a massacre such as this. Our rotted "entertainment" culture as well as our gun culture must be examined and addressed if we are to gain a foothold in the fight against this type of atrocity. As a realist, I do not believe there is going to be a meeting of the minds among the public nor in our do-nothing, intransigent Congress.

NRA only voiced their opinion on the matter when they were forced to make a public statement. This entire issue was not started by the NRA, is not in NRA's control for some lunatic to go on a killing rampage and NEVER will be NRA's fault for derangement of people minds. This is not a "gun" problem but a people problem !!! Red flags were there to deal with well before this incident but were ignored by the family involved. After the fact, since there is no one left to blame, the liberals and gun haters choose to direct their misguided anger and political agenda against an organization that they wish to destroy. I call epic BS on the entire argument. NRA did not force anyone then and now to go kill innocent people for no apparent reason. Much like a drunk driver running over a pedestrian - no one would blame the car would they? All those that want to attack the NRA are doing exactly that! I am not an NRA member but will join them if this is the kind of mistreatment and ignorance that is to surround an organization that is helping to maintain one of our TOP freedoms. NRA nor its policies had anything to do with this terrible crime - that IS A FACT.

The Patch is just going too far with this anti-gun and anti-NRA rhetoric. News sites like this should be unbiased. This kind of article makes the Patch look like a bunch of hack armatures.

Come on Patch, I expect much better from you.

What a question. Why is there no question about the Liberals using Sandy Hook for political purposes? Remember the Rahm Emanuel statement about not letting a good crisis go to waste. The Libs waste no time. In all honesty, both sides will use this tradegy to support their agendas.

the four question on the poll are also BS.
NRA is not in this for ANY agenda - they are forced to make a public statement.
NRA had no involvement in school security prior to being forced.
Not sure? - what kind of a poll opinion is that for this topic?
No opinion? - why even bother putting this line in a poll?

Your polling and article is on a lean for YOUR AGENDA!

Crap journalism.

Interesting. I just caught your poll decrementing the count on numbers for people who answered, "No".

Yes, really a stupid poll. But, the editors know that polls create web traffic, and this one is no exception. By their very nature, polls are divisive because it forces a decision. And, simple answer polls allow a decision, without having to justify.

Yes, the event in CT has generated much political rhetoric. The ball really started down the hill last Sunday night at the memorial service, "... I will do all that my office holds to .... making sure this does not happen again." From this single statement, the ball gained steam on the down slope, and many politicians rolled down the hill along side.

Any suggestions implying "this not happening again," from any viewpoint, is irresponsible. It means that "I am sure that here is the answer." This includes the NRA stance, the CA Senator's stance, the stance of the WH, or anybody from any persuasion, is made irresponsibly. Many of the public statements are merely trolls, in order to stir the pot. The statements of Diane Fienstein, the statements of the NRA, plus many others, fit this category.

I continue to be confused why we get worked up on one event (and we should be horrified, not marginalizing the CT event), and let others pass with merely a wink. Every day, the same number of lives are lost due to DUI (average). Every day, many times the 28 lives are lost because of the abortion medical procedure. This week, four lives were lost in Holidaysburg (?) due to gunfire. Yet, these only get a wink and nod.

Wayne LaPierre of the NRA on Friday and today said:
Please accept our condolences for the murder of twenty(20) innocent children! We will not accept responsibility for the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction across America. The major manufacturers and importers along with no-background checking gun shows around the country are not the cause. The fault lies with the mentally deranged , evil beings, demons, copycats of fame, criminal class, gang members and we abhor any gun prosecutions and lack of criminal gun prosecutions by a callous and corrupt government. Additionally the fault lies with the demon video producers, the movie industry and other shadow industries including music video that fantasize murder and mayhem. Fault lies with the national media complicit with the moral failings of the government and dishonest thinking on gun control. We fully back the proliferation of guns and defend the gun manufacturers of the world to make money on the blood of innocent children. An assault weapon is necessary and a right at everyone's expense. We absolve ourselves of any responsibility or complicity in and for any of the past murders committed by people of limited mental capability or deemed mentally incompetent. In conclusion we offer to train and provide additional weapons to schools and trained personnel to create fire zones around every school so as to increase the body count. We will help fund these new shooting ranges. On to the next mass murdering. Vote!

WHO KNOWS? THESE TRAGIC EPISODES ALL SEEM TO BE CAUSED BY FRUSTRATED YOUNG WHITE AMERICAN MALES. HOW ABOUT GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THIS BS AND STOP THE GRANDSTANDING.

I've been an NRA member for much of my adult life. I joined while I was serving in the military. On the news of this event I cried, while sitting at my work cafeteria watching the news scroll past on CNN.

This kind of story, and dishonest polling, dishonors the children and adults who lost their ability to run, play, hug, and love. It was not a gun that did this. In case you missed it a very similar thing happened in China around the same time...when a Chinese guy took a knife and attacked a bunch of people; many children.

If you really want to have a grown up conversation about killing children (that's why we're deep down upset about this; because innocence was snuffed out) then let's get to the root of this and talk about including Abortion. I'd be glad to hear your opinions on what to do to fix both problems.

I fear that people like the author and her supporters don't want to talk about it because that reflection in the mirror would probably hurt too much.

NRA members, the only way you can win this is to sound off. Stop being afraid of these paper hangers and the political correctness nonsense that has driven our country to depravity.

I agree with john B. The issue is not more gun control but social issues. Our kids are exposed to more acceptable violance on tv at the movies and on vidio games. There are more latch key children than ever who fend for themselfs and are not taught right from wong or the value of human life. Our schools and parents don't teach social skills or values anymore, theres less and less human contact and less GOD in our lives.

What is so difficult that we just throw up our hands and give up trying to solve this problem? The average person needs a car to go to work and get around. The average person does not need a gun. Only law enforcement and the armed services actually need guns. So make any gun that is not a hunting rifle illegal. And by hunting rifle, I mean hunting rifle and every hunter knows what that is. It is not an automatic or semi-automatic gun. And no, we will not go around searching peoples homes for guns anymore than we do now. Anyone who has a gun that is now illegal could bring them in for a "buy-back" program any organization could run, the government, the local law enforcement agency, or any volunteer group. If a person, such as a collector, wants to keep their guns, they would have to keep them in a locked secure location at the local police or sheriffs office and these guns could be accessed by the owner, and only the owner, for certain specified purposes. You might be surprised to discover that most people are law-abiding and would do whatever they could to make it work. If the customs people do their job and I know they do, and if the gun manufactories would cooperate, this would minimize any problems with a black market for guns. There would be no gun shows. You can get your guns at a gun shop, just as you used to. With fewer guns in circulation, there would be fewer guns for criminals to buy or steal. Problems are only insolvable if we let them be insolvable.

Naturally, both sides of the gun control debate will use tragedies such as Sandy Hook for political purposes. I'd be extremely shocked if they didn't.
I personally believe that an armed guard could be a deterrent to an armed assailant. For example, if Joe Schmuck was planning to rob a bank, he may choose not to rob one with an armed guard. Instead, he may pick a different target. I do not support a ban on any type of guns period. If a criminal wants to commit a crime with a gun, they're going to acquire that gun no matter what.

Let me ask you guys; gun proponents are very fond of describing themselves as patriotic law-abiding Americans. Suppose an assault rifle ban is indeed enacted into law, with a mandatory buyback such as was done in Australia. Would you be law-abiding and hand in your assault rifles?

Then please don't comment or ask questions if you don't even know the definition of an assault rifle.

If anyone has an "assault" rifle (which they don't) then the cop won't be coming to my door. I'm not dodging your un-informed question, so I'll teach you since you are dodging my comment. A weapon that has a full automatic option is an assault weapon, which the AR-15 does not. So again, please stop commenting on something that you are obviously lacking knowledge.

I don't know whether to *facepalm* or *roll eyes* so I'll do both. You are refusing to answer the question based on a semantic hairsplit, way to stand up for your ideals. Fine, you're not an active soldier, so you don;t have an assault RIFLE, you have an semi-automatic weapon, which is what the ban would be against. NOW answer the question, what would you do when they came for your semi-automatic weapon?

And by the way, you're going by the NRA definition of an assault weapon, which is not what the government uses. They define semi-automatics as assault weapons. So the ban would indeed be on assault weapons, despite your semantic breath-holding.

Sorry I was vomiting from your infantile response. The "semantic hairsplit" as you so put it is the difference between the truth and your lie. I don't belong to the NRA and I was using the Oxford dictionary definition of assault rifle,
noun - a rapid-fire, magazine-fed automatic rifle designed for infantry use

I'm using the governments definition, which would of course be the applicable one. I can see you're going to continue to dodge my simple question because you don't have an answer for it. Even when I use your definition you continue to dodge and roll. Any other readers care to try an answer?

BTW I'll have you know I'm not anti gun. Just trying to get some feedback.

I didn't think i was playing a game, not intentionally anyway. A conversation would be fine, i think a conversation is what the country needs instead of an argument. Obviously my experience with airdrop shows that is going to be hard to come by. I thought it was a fairly simple hypothetical, one that may become reality in the near future and should be considered.

I see your point, and i suppose my answer to the question would be I would obey the law but probably not be happy about it. For instance, if the NRAs position about violent video games was by some miracle enacted into law. I sure as hell would be pissed off about giving up my Xbox. But if the Xbox Removal Man came to my door, i would give it to him, although probably calling him a douche while doing it. I wouldn't pull out my gun and fire on him just because i feel it is my right to own the Xbox. If the greater society at large has determined it dangerous and enacted a ban, i would comply. i wouldn't see it as a deterioration of my rights, i would see it as a government seeking to protect the people, and obeying the will of the majority.

I guess this leads me to another question, how about a national referendum on assault weapons? It would be the highest voting turnout in history, and wouldn't it finally determine what is truly the will of the American people?

On Friday, the National Rifle Association's vice president, Wayne LaPierre, spoke at a news conference where he called for armed security in the nation's schools.>>>

Yet an armed law enforcement veteran, WAS assigned to the Columbine School and did try to stop the massacre, to no avail.
LaPierre must mean that to prevent a gun massacre you need a whole armed force in every school? Maybe like the entire police department which WAS at Virginia Tech or everyone at Fort Hood military base?

The problem with Americans is GUN MADNESS.the second amendment has out lived its usefulness.

To Concerned citizen. Nothing on God's green earth is perfect. Our documents are the best in the world but they are not perfect either. Should we still count slaves as 2/3 of a person for voting perposes? Should we have left the prohibition amendment stand? The only people I know of who thought they had to defend themselves from the governement of the United States were those who were afraid of the "revenoo-ers".

To John B. I assume you were not using an automatic or semi-automatic weapon to hunt with. Those are the guns I talked about. And I specifically exempted hunting rifles and I said the hunters know what a hunting rifle is. We banned both these weapons before and only ban one now. The one that is not banned is the one that was used in all these killings. So obviously we can ban them again.

After looking at the polling data with more analysis, I find it to support the NRA. NRA's political agenda "IS" to protect our Constitutional right so "yes" to that and NRA "IS" concerned about (not just) school safety but all citizens safety in their stance - so a clear "yes" to that also.

Question that begs to be asked now is "What is the purpose of the poll?" Since the last two entries on the poll is complete and utter useless entries with no one responding to them - last two are stricken away as a waste by no response from public.

The poll only supports NRA's position no matter which two lines you choose to select.

Hey, NRA, what is your plan to protect volunteer firemen? A guard on every truck?

I gotsum an rdea! Since the pens arnt using that new rink how bout we get ours guns and go down there on sAturday AND have agood old fashion GUNNN FITE?

Maybe we can teach our children the safe way on how to properly handle a semi-automatic weapon. Then when they turn 18 they won't have to go to "boot camp" to learn. This would then become a win-win situation; they get knowledge and training and the government saves tax money. Red & Blue win again!!!! SPECIAL

Historically gun control has lead to gun seizer, followed by tyranny and mass extermination. To be sure, the 2nd Amendment has little to do with hunting or love of guns. It has everything to do with defending and protecting your freedom, your individual rights and liberty against a foreign or domestic power and in particular our own government.

Thank you James W. Wood !!! Spot on!!!

Only if everyone could comprehend your entry without all the superficial nonsense that liberal politicians and the left wing media pump out.

Book Em Dano !
NBC’s request to display magazine was denied by police "There are D.C. code violations, D.C. code restrictions on guns, ammunition".
“NBC contacted [the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department] inquiring if they could utilize a high capacity magazine for their segment,”a spokesperson reportedly said in an email. “NBC was informed that possession of a high capacity magazine is not permissible and their request was denied. This matter is currently being investigated.” Where did he get the magazine and from whom ?
If you have one ( high capacity magazine ) in Washington DC you would have been charged, but will NBC host now be charged?
"He was told not to do it " It was against the law no ifs ands or butts! No means No !
Yes anything for a story....... "I’d rather have a gun owner as my neighbor then a journalist, one is far more responsible then the other”!

Let's look at how that law is working to keep D.C. safe.
D.C. is one of the murder capitals of the Country annually. I guess that the criminals are not abiding by those laws. Go figure.
They changed the name of the NBA team from the Bullets to the Wizards.
Maybe that helped.
No, there were more murders the next year, but all of the politicians felt better.

Now David Gregory and his co-workers are being investigated for possessing a plastic gun clip without any ammo. A stupid law with no substance, but the law nonetheless. And he knowingly broke the law even when told by the D.C. Police not to do it.
What are the odds he will go to prison. If the law is truly upheld, he should.
Ask Matt Lauer. He didn't after he broke the gun laws in NYC.
I don't think the rest of us would get away with this.
Laws are different for the liberals who are smarter, better, run faster and jump higher than the rest of us.

Gregory held up the 30-round gun magazine ........The maximum penalty for conviction on such a charge is $1000 fine and a year in prison.
Gregory held up the 30-round gun magazine - barred under Washington municipal code - during a nationally broadcast interview Sunday morning with National Rifle Association Chief Executive Officer Wayne LaPierre.
A petition posted on the White House website calling for a charge to be brought against Gregory contained more than 7,000 e-signatures as of Wednesday morning.

Press charges against David Gregory for possession of a 30-round, high capacity assault rifle magazine in Washington D.C
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(b) For the purposes of this subsection, the term large capacity ammunition feeding device means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
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Military Arms? What are you talking about? A 223 round is a very common rifle. You can get in bolt action, semi-automatic and single shot. The rifle is a Clone iE each time you pull trigger 1 shot. There was no select fire. Also, as sad as the shooting was. Where was your outrage in Waco when your same government sent a armored personal carrier in! Also. These where not his guns he stole them off his mom, killed her then went at the school. So he was a felon at that moment not a law abiding citizen. I own a few of these look alike guns and I enjoy them. You want to take the 2nd amendment what is next? The 1st? The 4th? You should be outraged that they are messing with the Bill of rights! Instead you think the world will be safer with no guns! Then if private citizens can't have guns. Then law enforcement and military should surrender there's! Guess who will have guns? That's right folks criminals

We have guns to protect ourselves from the government and any foreign invaders! You people need to learn some hostory

Poor children no armed guards........In the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre, Rep. Louie Gohmert told Fox News’ Chris Wallace that he wished the principal had a gun to prevent the carnage from taking place. NRA leader Wayne LaPierre agreed with the idea of having armed guards in our schools, saying that, “It’s the one thing we can do immediately that can make our children more safe.” NBC’s David Gregory mocked LaPierre’s proposal, however, which brings to light (yet again) the blatant hypocrisy of some of the most vocal proponents of gun control.
But when it comes to Gregory's own kids, however, they are secured every school day by armed guards.
The Gregory children go to school with the children of President Barack Obama, according to the Washington Post. That school is the co-ed Quaker school Sidwell Friends.
According to a scan of the school's online faculty-staff directory, Sidwell has a security department made up of at least 11 people. Many of those are police officers, who are presumably armed.
Moreover, with the Obama kids in attendance, there is a secret service presence at the institution, as well.
It's safe to say the school where Gregory sends his kids is a high-security school. It's just odd he'd want it for his kids, but wouldn't be more open to it for others.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2012/12/26/david-gregory-mocks-nra-leader-for-proposing-armed-guards-in-schools-but-sends-his-kids-to-school-with-11-armed-guards-n1474345

I knew an uncle who used to go hunting every year. Because of a childhood illness that kept him out of school, he never learned to read and write. He also had a slight difficulty with one side. If you asked him to read something, he would say that he had "forgotten his reading glasses" and ask you to read it to him. He had his wife read all the materials to him for the driver's test. He never forgot what you told him, so he answered all the questions verbally. And having once traveled to a place, he never forgot how to get there. He learned to fly a plane the same way. Every year he would go hunting along the cuts in the forest where the power lines went through. And as long as he hunted, he brought back a deer every year except for one. That year the snow was so deep, it was hard to get to his usual spot and the deer weren't moving. He would field dress the deer and take it to a place on route 8 that specialized in butchering deer for hunters. He would freeze what he wanted and give away the rest. He would never have needed a semi-automatic rifle to hunt with. But then, he was a patient and accurate shot.

Was there a point to your post, Jill? Doesn't seem to be.

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(b) No person in the District shall possess, sell, or transfer any large capacity ammunition feeding device regardless of whether the device is attached to a firearm. For the purposes of this subsection, the term large capacity ammunition feeding device means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

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"Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest." - Mohandas Gandhi, an Autobiography, page 446.

India history

"Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest." - Mohandas Gandhi, an Autobiography, page 446.

Context is everything when you are quoting someone. The above quote of Mahatma Gandhi was from a leaflet urging Indians to serve with the British Army in World War I, Part V, Chapter 27, Recruiting Campaign. Continuing the quote, he said,
"If we want the Arms Act to be repealed, if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. If the middle classes render voluntary help to Government in the hour of its trial, distrust will disappear, and the ban on possessing arms will be withdrawn."
Then later in life, when he had become committed to non-violence, he said the following, "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent." and,"If we were to drive out the English with the weapons with which they enslaved us, our slavery would still be with us even when they have gone."