While it is not surprising that an organization driven by profit would stop at nothing to boost the sales of the products it promotes, the NRA leadership’s suggestion that an armed guard be stationed in ‘every single school’ across America is an insult to Americans who want to live in a free society. American mothers will not allow their children’s schools to be turned into fortresses or prisons.
— Shannon Watts, Founder,
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
Marian Wright Edelman
There already is swift, emotionally charged reaction to a National Rifle Association school-security report that recommends at least one armed guard in every school in the nation. Vilification is afoot.
“The report is nothing more than a continuation of the NRA’s attempts to prey on America’s fears, saturate our schools with more guns and turn them into armed fortresses. It must be soundly rejected,” says Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund, which has already released its own findings on school security.
“While it is not surprising that an organization driven by profit would stop at nothing to boost the sales of the products it promotes, the NRA leadership’s suggestion that an armed guard be stationed in ‘every single school’ across America is an insult to Americans who want to live in a free society. American mothers will not allow their children’s schools to be turned into fortresses or prisons,” says Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, an Indiana-based grass-roots group.
Shannon Watts, Founder, Moms Demand Action
Ms. Watts went on to accuse “gun industry lobbyists” of trying “to obstruct efforts to find common-sense, middle-ground solutions to curb gun violence in America. We expect our representatives to ignore the self-serving propaganda of these special interests. The mothers of America are watching.”
