Good on you!

And let´s not forget Gabby Giffords comments following the vandalism at one of her campaign offices.

She bragged that she was quite good with her Glock.

The msm would also have us forget that it was President Clinton who began the cops in schools program following Columbine.

The hypocrisy is disgusting.

Good news, and maybe their cops will be distracted from ticket blitz.

whats more important a cop in the school or a cop on his speed trap

See, it´s not that hard.

Disagree. It´s a stupid waste of money based on wishful thinking, and gives the left yet another well-meaning idea to deride.

Schools should allow - and announce - concealed carry instead.

Reason: In an otherwise gin-free zone protected by an armed cop, the madman knows he can surprise and outgun that cop in seconds. This leaves the unarmed teachers and children sitting ducks for at least 5 uninterrupted minutes of his murder and mayhem. The gun-free zone rigs a sick mental arcade game in the madman´s favor, and he knows he can earn a high score and resulting fame.

With concealed carry, the madman is aware an adversary might emerge out of the blue within seconds. He can´t play a cowardly, rigged, high scoring game there. He´ll play someplace else.

I agree that concealed carry would be preferable, but this will work in Jersey because there will be so many schools who will not have armed guards. The nut job will choose one of those.

#7 understands old injun proverb: you don´t have to run faster than the bear, just faster than the guy beside you.

First sentence was missing. It is:

Don’t mess with Marlboro Township.

Here´s a map: http://www.marlboro-nj.gov/maps.html

It scares the bejeebers out of me, but I´m all for it 100%.

Add bonus pay for voluntary staff with CCW and extra training. It´s not as high a budget item as hiring another person, and may be even more effective.

Our county has been doing this for at least a decade. And one more time - does #6 really think that Lanza would have even entered the parking lot at Sandy Hook if there had been a police car parked at the entrance to the school? As soon as he heard the sirens of approaching LEO´s, he shot himself.

First I heard of an "armed guard" AT Columbine HS.

FTA: Despite an armed guard at Columbine HS, students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 15 and wounded 23 in their rampage in 1999. A sheriff’s officer outside the school exchanged fire with Harris but missed him.

Oh, Pardon me. He was a "sheriff´s officer outside" shooting in. So let´s get this straight. Does no good to have an "armed guard" in our schools..., er, "outside the school."

How far outside?

What rotten reporting!!!!!

It´s good that local areas make their own minds up about this.What´s surprising is the left being reluctant about hiring government workers when that´s all they think about usually.

Just about all the schools where I live have an on duty cop during the school day.It´s not just in case some nut job goes off but to help with unruly bastids in the hallways.

#14: Also, the police in Columbine had a rule that they set up a perimeter and wait for SWAT before they engage. So kids were getting killed while the cops were basically doing busy work. Those rules, of course, have changed. Does anyone think the protocols for the armed guard stayed the same?

It´s called living and learning. Adaptation. Democrats don´t do that so they can´t understand it.

I lived in Newtown several decades ago and as I recall the PD there had cops in the schools often. They were there to build community relations. The kids grew up interacting with the police. Good idea. They also had a uniformed patrol officer in the local shopping center just being there and being helpful. When the local JayCees did a bike rally the PD assigned us a liason and were extremely helpful. Everybody in town knew the officers. We had very little in the way of crime.

That is correct. The monster was willing to shoot children, but the monster was not willing to confront good men with guns who came to stop him.

As an Board of Education member in the next county over....we too will be adding a armed member in each of our schools. While one armed member may not end the crazy needless killings, it will gain vital minutes until back-up arrives. The false thinking that a ban on assault weapons will solve the issue of gun violence is of the same thinking that leaving your home unlock will add security to your family!

I´ve been a Resource Officer (armed cop)in our school district since 2005, and I was the third one since it´s inception.

And I don´t run around in a uniform all the time. Sometimes I dress like the teachers and the only thing you see is the weapon and a badge on my belt...

Gee, I´ve also been known to wear a hoodie to be able to ´blend in´ more when I´m walking the halls.

Oh, and to those of you who think it doesn´t work...sour grapes....!

I´m with #12, multiple trained & certified volunteer staff who would have access to weapons would be a far more effective deterent than a single officer (target). We do not need extra police officers and the last thing we need is a Federal, TSA type program. Keep it local, post the fact prominently, any nutcase would not know know who, or how many he would face.

The main problem with this approach is that it makes good sense, so unlikely to be used.

I agree with those who say trained and armed staff are the answer. My wife is a teacher, a licensed concealed carrier and a darned good shot. Plus she has damned good common sense. I would trust her in any situation.

Marlboro is demonstrating a very good start.

"apparently the first district nationwide bent on packing heat"

That´s not exactly truthful. Many schools in this state have community service police officers in them and have since drugs in schools became popular.