we need to proctect our kids in school every and every state should have arm guards in school because they are the future of this country

Hey cynic who says it has to be a semi-auto, or a large capacity magazine? Are you that ignorant thinking a person with multiple clips and a hand gun can't fire off enough rounds to kill multiple people before any help arrives? If that's the case I feel bad for you.
The bottom line is the people who have mental issues, or are just plain criminals are going to break the law. How many illegal firearms do you think will be handed over by a criminal? Stricter laws will do nothing to control people with issues, or those who are going to break the law.
If a person is goign to commit a crime they will do it one way or another. Look at Timothy McVeigh. He used a legally obtained vehicle, and purchased common items to build a bomb to blow up the Morrow building. Are we supposed to ban vans, or fertilizer? Just another case of an unstable person doing what they can to disrupt the lives of normal people.

Just to prove my point. Look at the weekend shooting of the family in New Mexico. The son killed his 3 siblings, and both parents. He shot them all. Want to guess what type of wepon he used? A .22cal rifle. Can you imaginr that? A mass produced common rifle. Did you think that could happen? They didn't mention the capacity, or model, but he might have had to reload depending on how many rounds were fired.
Just another mental instability that was left untreated.

The firearms are no more at fault here as a car is when a drunk driver kills someone with a car! Your thought process is flawed. Mental health is the issue, NOT legal gun owners! The studies quoted were admittedly insufficient so not sure why they are even quoted.

All this rush for more school security is a symptom of mass hysteria. Its not needed, there is no nationwide attack on our schools. I have better odds winning the lotto than having something like Newtown happen in my daughter's school. It would be foolish to waste so much money on militarizing our school instead of focusing on education. Common sense security measures are fine, but nothing we do will truly make our little ones 100% safer. As with anything we do in life, crossing a street, or even driving, we take some risks and can never predict what will go wrong.

Curing every potentially dangerous mental patient is an unrealistic expectation. Yes, there has to be more awareness of their condition and treatment but there must a second line of defense when it comes to dealing with what happened in CT and how it affects our own daily lives and the safety of our children. I'm sure if you asked one of the parents who had their child shot up what were the odds of a random shooting happening in their child's class and I'm sure they would think the chance of winning the lottery was better.
That mental case broke a window, got in, and freely traveled through doors and hallways. If that window had an alarm on it blaring upon its break things might have turned out differently. I believe the solution is a combination of increased police awareness and presence in the community but installing safety equipment like window and door alarms is better. Windows should have alarms in them and doors should be locked where school officials must swipe security ID cards for access just like hospitals.

Armed guards are not the answer. There were armed guards in Columbine and it still happened. We can't live in fear. The money should be spent on putting more trained counselors in the schools. See when a child need help. Get the teachers more training on recognizing the warning signs. If you put an armed guard in each school, what is next? One in each classroom? Then do we add a new class for the kids "target shooting"? We were not considering armed guards before the CT shooting, we shouldn't be considering it now. Remember, there were also mass shootings in a mall and a movie theater. Should those have armed guards too?

And what about the guard at Columbine? I agree that an armed guard "could" help the situation in certain circumstances. But when it comes to our schools, I think there are better ways to keep our children safe, and better ways to spend our money. The problem was not guns, so the solution is not guns. The problem is mental health, but our district doesn't want to put the money or resources toward that. Like I said, I would rather see the money go into more training for our teachers so they can see the warning signs (and not risk getting sued for speaking up either!)

In addition to avoiding a tragedy, at the Middle School and High School levels, you have the added advantage of deterring bullying, fights, drug sales and use, and overall bad behavior.

The number of folks here thinking the answer is armed guards in our kids schools scares me. For "Just a Reader" if there had been armed folks in the Aurora movie theater shooting the death toll would probably have been higher. You would have nu-trained civilians involved in a firefight with someone wearing body armor and blasting at will. The last answer to this puzzle is more guns.

Just so you all know there have been over 1100 deaths via guns since the Newton school shooting. Last thing I want is a gun anywhere near my daughter's school.

You really think the Aurora shooting would have been worse if there was an armed civilian present? Clearly you know very little about weapons, tactics and the element of surprise. I'd much rather have someone returning fire against an active shooter than hiding behind a plastic movie theatre seat, praying and waiting to be the next victim.

I understand your ignorance about weapons, shooting and tactics. Most people don't knowing about those things, usually getting most of their information from movies and television. Without going through a step by step breakdown of the Aurora incident lets just say this. An armed individual affords himself (and those around him or her) a chance to fight back and not be anothet helpless victim.

Sorry for the typos on my post I was using a smartphone.

Yes, I think there should be a program put in place in manalapan schools to protect our kids..Gun free school zone signs is like posting no speeding on the parkway..wake up sheople !All i here is how to disarm the law abiding citizen..When do we hear a proposal to disarm the criminals?? I would not expect to lose my drivers license if my neighbor is charged for a dui,however It seems acceptable to punish legal gun owners,for crimes carried out by criminals..I have been a gun owner of 20 years,not once has my gun loaded itself walked out the door started my vehicle driven to a school and shot anyone..

Frank nobody has proposed taking your gun. You and your gun can sleep easy tonight.

Frank first of all no new laws have been passed. Secondly if they were to pass Federal background checks going forward how would you or any other legal gun owner be punished? The problem is our NJ laws are different then gun laws in Virginia. What's to stop someone who can't pass a background check in Jersey going to a state with no check and bringing back whatever they want?
All I'm looking for is a universal background check and a limit on clip size. The goal is to cut down on the MASS shootings. There will always be bad people who do bad things with or without guns. These are 2 common sense steps that a majority of Americans agree on.