Urgent Alert..Assault Weapons For Schools!!!

Douglas County school district has made the unilateral decision to arm their security officers with Automatic Bushnell Assault Rifles!

There was NO PUBLIC INPUT!

Douglas County Director of Security, Richard Paynes explained this purchase, “We’ve partnered with law enforcement at a level that I have not seen before.” 

They certainly have and we all should be very alarmed!                              

Spokesperson Paula Hans brushed concerns away by rationalizing that security officers already have guns.

That should make us all feel so much better!  

These weapons are to be kept in locked security vehicles during the day and then in safes overnight. 

Why have they purchased these weapons? If there is an emergency, those weapons will be secure, inaccessible!

Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Celania-Fagen, whose prime responsibility  is “to ensure the accomplishment of the School Board of Education goals and visions for the district” has kept in the shadows, having her Spokesperson and Director of Security field reponses.  

Why no public input, especially over such a sensitive issue in the wake of the Columbine shootings and Sandy Hook shootings?

Apparently when it is such a small cost purchase, $12,000 for 8 automatic assault rifles, they can do as they please without any public involvement! This is certainly a questionable purchase with significant implications as to school policy and impact on students and the public!

Do we really want our schools to be turned into military controlled institutions, because this is where this is headed. 

Donald Trump has now weighed in, “Taking this step certainly ratches up a notch the whole idea, the question of what is reasonable, what’s necessary in terms of arming officers.” 

We should be concerned, really concerned.  

Why has a school district security department teamed up with law enforcement and armed themselves with military grade weapons? 

Definition of an assault rifle: “It is a class of military-style automatic magazine fed rifles that fire high powered ammunition and carry features that could be especially useful in combat!” Basically when the trigger is pulled the rifle will continue to fire single bullets until the trigger is released.

Pay close attention…This is occuring after the victims families from Sandy Hook shootings filing of a law suit against manufacturer Smith and Wesson! 

Sources:OneAmerica National News, Colorado Public Radio, The Christian Science Monitor, The Denver Post http://dpost.st/1rdWMve, The Trace www.the trace.org/2016/02/sandy-hook-newtown-bushmaster-lawsuit, Mother Jones-a non-gun owners’ guide to guns, Wikipedia