Education nominee: Schools may need guns to stop grizzlies

Posted by | January 19, 2017 08:58 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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Betsy DeVos says we may need guns in school to stop bears.

…Trump’s pick for education secretary thinks some K-12 schools may decide they need a gun on campus — to protect themselves from bear attacks, for example. At her Senate confirmation hearing, education activist and major Republican donor Betsy DeVos mentioned a meeting she had with Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming. He told her about a rural public school in Wapiti, Wyoming, that has a fence surrounding the schoolyard to keep grizzly bears out. Later in the hearing, DeVos suggested a fence might not be enough.

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28 responses to Education nominee: Schools may need guns to stop grizzlies

  1. mea_mark January 19th, 2017 at 09:05

    Pandering to fear … this not a good way to run a country. This kind of thinking needs to be eliminated from government, not sought out and brought in.

    • Tommie January 19th, 2017 at 10:16

      Trump’s administration is looking better everyday! /s

  2. Budda January 19th, 2017 at 09:06

    Besides inheriting money, what has this hag ever done ?

  3. AnthonyLook January 19th, 2017 at 09:24

    Trump’s cabinet nominee’s are even more unfit for their destined positions than Trump.

  4. Tommie January 19th, 2017 at 10:14

    No, you can’t shoot Smokey the Bear! How will he get his message out about forest fires!

    • Larry Schmitt January 19th, 2017 at 12:43

      They don’t call them forest fires anymore, they’re wild fires. You don’t need a forest to burn.

  5. anothertoothpick January 19th, 2017 at 10:35

    Her brother, Echo Papa, runs a private army and is working on a private air force.

    Maybe he could protect the kids from the “Grizzles”.

  6. Big Rick Crude January 19th, 2017 at 10:51

    Bears, Adam Lanzas, whatever. Libs prefer to be victims either way.

    • anothertoothpick January 19th, 2017 at 10:59

      There’s been no real reduction in the number of U.S. school shootings despite increased security put in place after the rampage at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012.

      easy access to guns is a root cause of the problem,

      • Big Rick Crude January 19th, 2017 at 11:31

        Name one incident where a shooter killed an armed guard/police officer before killing students.

        • Mike January 19th, 2017 at 12:18

          Didn’t Columbine have an armed security guard … yep, and three others did too … all killed.
          In 2% of the mass shooting the FBI has studied an armed guard was involved and killed (160 incidents studied)
          Even after the shooting starts, 46% resulted in an officer casualty, 9 were killed.
          https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/active-shooter-study-2000-2013-1.pdf
          Pulse nightclub had an ex-cop at the door but the shooter shot at him and chased him off (does that count even thought it’s not a school???)

          Im not against properly trained armed security, but we both know that’s cost prohibitive. And a gun in the hands of an untrained individual is a danger, not an asset.
          I’ll err on the side of caution and fiscal prudence (including the lawsuits against school security guards shooting students unprovoked….25 presently be heard) and go with keeping schools a gun free zone.

          • Big Rick Crude January 19th, 2017 at 12:38

            I asked if the shooter killed an armed guard BEFORE they went after the students. These cowards won’t attack if they know they will face an armed resistor FIRST. Like you, shooters prefer gun free zones.

            • Larry Schmitt January 19th, 2017 at 12:47

              So your solution is to have a school full of untrained staff members, with guns, with no idea of how to handle a shooter situation, firing away at the first thing they see? Teachers are supposed to teach, not play soldier. What would the body count be if everyone was armed? It’s hard enough for trained cops to hit what they’re aiming at.

              • Big Rick Crude January 19th, 2017 at 16:15

                You’re right. The only way to stop school shootings is to put a prohibition on guns. That worked so well to end the drug problem.

            • Mike January 19th, 2017 at 16:18

              I just showed you 3 documented cases of a shooter shooting the armed guard before killing students … Pulse was just an extra.
              In 100% of the times a shooter met an armed guard he simply killed him first….

              Didn’t you read anything the FBI said in the findings …. page 8

              Go back and try again.

              • Big Rick Crude January 19th, 2017 at 16:37

                “In 100% of the times”
                August 30, 2010 Sullivan Central High School
                Oops! I forgot. Libs prefer emotion to facts.

                • Mike January 19th, 2017 at 16:43

                  Don’t be a moron, we’re speaking about the 160 top mass murders committed in this country that comprise the study I linked you to.
                  Keep beating that dead horse.

                • robert January 20th, 2017 at 02:48

                  You have to watch out for ” elf radio waves ” they will turn you into a naval yard killer

                  I bet he wasn’t a lib

                  https://youtu.be/SU4dwfcdO0c

        • nastythinkingwomanmillstone January 19th, 2017 at 14:59

          There were armed school guards present in the school during the Columbine shooting. It didn’t prevent anything. There were armed four police officers killed in a shooting in a coffee shop near Seattle in 2009…none could shoot back before they were shot themselves. The false idea that you can just outshoot a surprise attack is exactly that…false and total nonsense. We have more shootings because we have more guns and too many inadequate people share your misconception that guns are a necessary part of life.

    • whatthe46 January 19th, 2017 at 15:55

      your murderers were cuntservatives and white males. just like roof. should everyone carry a gun to stay safe from cuntservative white males?

  7. Larry Schmitt January 19th, 2017 at 12:54

    Wait, doesn’t the 2nd amendment give them the right to arm bears?

  8. mfr4 January 19th, 2017 at 17:39

    oh for christ’s sake

  9. StoneyCurtisll January 19th, 2017 at 18:52

    Don’t think it can’t happen…..
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVtuohm-Vgo

  10. Duke Woolworth January 19th, 2017 at 20:56

    The military is trained to first…Take Cover!
    This is not the movies. There could be other people around so a clear shot is impossible. It’s not the range, where you shoot at a stationary paper target. It’ll be a lot louder, and scarier as the adrenaline takes over instantly, clouding your judgement and aim.

  11. amersham1046 January 19th, 2017 at 21:01

    lion and tigers and bears —
    oh dear,–
    oops Lions and Tigers are prowling Detroit, and the Bears are lurking in Chicago

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