Friday, December 21, 2012
"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," the NRA's Wayne LaPierre said.
In an amazing Friday morning press conference, the National Rifle Association broke its weeklong silence following the horrific shooting of 26 people at a school in Newtown, CT and called for a surge of gun-carrying "good guys" around American schools. NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre called for a new kind of American domestic security revolving around armed civilians, arguing that "the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." "We care about our president, so we protect him with armed Secret Service agents," LaPierre said. "Members of Congress work in offices surrounded by Capitol Police officers. Yet, when it comes to our most beloved, innocent, and vulnerable members of the American family, our …
Monday, June 25, 2012
School Administration and students want a safe end to school year, but perspectives different on pranks and their effect on the school.
Each year, as summer gets closer and seniors are just a few weeks from graduating high school, talk about the threat of pranks reverberates through the school. Some seniors decide to organize pranks that cause mild chaos for a variety of reasons. Some create pranks because they find them humorous. And others desire to leave behind a sort of legacy before graduation. Dr. Timothy Dohrer, the Principal of New Trier’s Winnetka campus, sees pranks as an act of rebellion. “I think in the mind of a student it is a way to blow off steam or thumb their noses at authority,” he said. School safety a main concern Although many seniors contemplate pulling a prank or find humor in the pranks of their classmates, Dohrer stated that there are students …
Friday, September 2, 2011
Police Chief Patrick Kreis asks drivers to be particularly careful during the school year.
With the first week of school under our belts, Winnetka police remind drivers to slow down during the school year when there is heavier foot traffic and high volume of traffic. "Watch for youngsters going to and from school," said Chief Patrick Kreis. "Some will be walking; others will be riding bikes, exiting buses or private vehicles. Be prepared to stop at the direction of crossing guards." Earlier: Glencoe Resident Calls for Ban on Cell Phone Use in Car Police intend to keep a close eye on speed zones and stop sign violations, and remind readers that Illinois law now requires drivers to "stop" rather than "yield" to pedestrians. "When a school bus is stopped for the purpose of loading or unloading pupils and its 'stop signal arm' is …
Cole Pierce
7:23 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
Haha, he will never undo the mental stupidity and damage he committed today for and against the NRA. Arm schools? More shooting in schools? More guns? Everyones fault but the weapon? Video games? What a boob! more ›