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Jewish World Review December 21, 2012/ 8 Teves, 5773 Protecting our children is job one By Dave Weinbaum
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Last Friday's school murders of twenty beautiful little children and six adults has begot
many reactions and 24/7 news coverage. The murderer's name was Adam Lanza, a 20-
year-old recluse living in his room at his mother's house. It's important to name Lanza lest
we blame the tools he used to accomplish his vile massacre. No, the guns he had did not
breach the school's new security system, walk thru the hallways and stalk babies and
adults firing at will. Adam Lanza made all that happen until, upon hearing the forces of
good arrive, Lanza blasted himself straight to Hell.
Was it unfortunate that mom decided to bond with her lunatic son by training him to
shoot? Most definitely. Should access to firearms to the Adam Lanzas of the world be
forbidden? You betcha. How to get from here to there is a lot more complicated than the
solution that should be obvious to all.
Let me repeat: Lanza put a gun to his own head soon after finding out that his bullying,
murdering rage was about to be ended. What if he knew that security at the school was
such that it exceeded his weapons and skills?
But I digress. I'll deal with that later after a few weeklong observations.
What was incredible to me is how many immediate different takes there were on this
bloodbath just after it happened. The reactions from the MSM and social media were:
Yet Obama let a ten-year ban on assault weapons stand without lifting a finger—'til now.
Norah O'Donnell of CBS News just raked Chicago Mayor Rahm "Disaster Master"
Emanuel, and Obama's ex-Chief-of-Staff over the coals as he was trying to pontificate
over what the Obama Administration had done about gun safety over the years. O'
Donnell, hardly a right-winger, pointed out the Obama Administration had done next to
nothing about monitoring guns and were grandstanding in an attempt to take political
advantage over the deaths of 20 babies and six adults. Yesterday, the SIC even used the
tragedy to goad Republicans to bend over and meet his terms on the fiscal cliff serial
opera.
For now, can we all just focus on what the most immediate need is? Can we agree that
we need to protect the lives of our children first?
As we place protection for our kids now, we can discuss all the other solutions, much of
it needing lengthy and well-debated legislation.
Want a role for government, Libs? Here it is!
Deploy troops where police protection isn't forthcoming. Take these troops from those
stationed in the USA and those returning from battle. Have them stand as armed guards
for our now-vulnerable children at schools.
That's the immediate concern.
Let's not leave ourselves open to copycat attacks. As I said, the media has been
reporting on this 24/7 since last Friday. Every kook in the world has seen the kind of
instant fame Lanza acquired from his last desperate attempt at something he could
remembered for.
Just think--we could hire a returning veteran and pay him a wage to further risk his life
while protecting our precious ones. I'd call that a win-win without shredding our
Constitution which is why Progressives will hate it.
It seems a lot better than paying an Obama-supporting welfare cheat who gets paid to
work one day year—election day.
Or am I wrong?
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