How concerned are you over security in our schools after the horrific shootings in Newtown, CT?
Media, parents and emergency responders are swarming Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown following the shooting deaths Friday. Credit: Gary Jeanfaivre
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Flynn December 15, 2012 at 12:08 am
How could you ever prepare for a gunman to take over an elementary school? 20 kids gone, they never stood a chance. No one was prepared for a gunman. We can all sit back and think about how our local school would deal with that threat. We arent prepared as our school leaders dont have automatic weapons under their own desks and lack the training of law enforcement. Maybe all our teachers need training similar to law enforcement to protect our kids and themselves. These situations are becoming too common and without warning. We lose a piece of ourselves with each innocent life lost as we struggle to understand how & why it ever happened.
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Tideline December 15, 2012 at 07:31 am
Automatic weapons are illegal in this state. If the Pilots were armed after 9-11, then why not have Lic. Armed Security in our schools, to protect our children ? The teachers in Isreal are armed and their policies to protect their kids work for them. The way the mentally ill are dealt with in this country needs to be addressed. 20-23 years ago, the mentally ill would be living in one of the homes along the boardwalk, now they are out roaming the streets, unsupervised.
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Joe Targove June 16, 2013 at 08:14 am
I'm willing to donate my party place in east Meadow and my dj services for free to help the kids. ..…Read More dreamcatcher516@gmail.com joe
Mickey June 10, 2013 at 08:25 am
Natalie. I am so sorry to read this. I too have a little 5 yr. old dog who I love desperately...…Read More and I feel your pain. There is another website for an organization that does an amazing job finding lost pets. It's LOSTMYDOGGIE.COM There is a small fee, but they get signs up all over the area and have a phone system set up where everyone in the area of where she was lost gets a PHONE CALL ALERT message to watch for Molly. They leave a phone number and their website address so if anyone has seen her or has her they know where to call. Great system! Check it out! I've never used them, but I HAVE received calls myself recently on 2 separate lost dogs and I've seen the many photos they hung up in my area in Levittown for dogs lost within a few miles of this area. In other words, they DO what they say they will do to help find Molly. Just want you to know what is out there to help you bring Molly home. My grandkids go to school around Grand and Camp Ave. We'll be watching for her! God Bless and good luck! I'm sure she will be returned to you real soon!!
Natalie Molloy June 10, 2013 at 10:14 am
Molly is actually not my dog , however I understandthe feeling of losing a dog and thought it would…Read More be a good idea to post on the Patch.