User blog comment:TinyLittleWheatley/Responce to NRA's Statements/@comment-2040576-20121222084156

I am not a citizen, so this does not really pertain to me, however, I will share my opinion. I was shocked when I heard the tragic story, but I was even more shocked when I learned that schools had cops guarding them (people told me this in chat, I obviously do not know how true or widespread it is). I thought it was madness because I had never heard of such a thing existing in America. In my country, which has an extremely high crime rate, we do not have any cops at our schools and only the large ones will have security guards (but they are mainly employed to regulate who enters and exits the premesis, or to guard the property at night).

There is a government school near my school that is very messed up. A lot of the kids are in gangs and do drugs and so on. They get into hectic fights and bring weapons and drugs to school. Many of them have been caught with knives and I think there have even been cases with a gun. One student actually threatened to murder the principal. Sure, when this stuff happens, they call the police in to deal with it, but there are no cops there permanantly.

The safety of the children is important, but I think there are better methods, for example requiring a special license for semi-automatic guns and perhaps all guns, making it more difficult to simply acquire a gun and so on.