Thursday, February 22, 2018

Will Ainsworth Needs to Use His Brain...If He Has One


Will Ainsworth is running for Lt. Governor. That could mean he's currently expounding on how to move this state forward, or it could mean he's currently spouting meaningless words that he thinks sound good to an uneducated public. Unfortunately, Ainsworth has chosen the latter. 

Ainsworth has used the Florida school shooting to bring his name to the political forefront by supporting a bill to arm the state's school teachers. What's wrong with this? Plenty when you think about it.

One of the major points proponents of such a law make is the distance rural schools are from any law enforcement headquarters. Now stop and think. This also means most of these rural schools are small; some may have only a few teachers in comparison to their city counterparts. Most of these teachers are female; how many would actually want the responsibility of being trained to use a firearm? How many, male or female, would pass all the tests (hit the broad side of a barn)? How many, male or female, when confronted with actual violence the first time would freeze?

Now think about this: Large apartment buildings, nursing homes, assisted living facilities - what do they have in common? Anyone seeking entrance has to stand outside a secure door while an employee looks the visitor over via CCTV. It's not science fiction, it's been a reality for years. Why don't our schools use this technology? 

Doug Jones is advocating such technology, along with bullet proof windows for schools. These are permanent safeguards and cost less than training and arming teachers who may leave the state at any time for a better position. Yet Will Ainsworth is criticizing Sen. Jones' ideas in favor of more guns. 

Wait...there's more. Will Ainsworth also deflected and threw in a comment about Jones' Senate vote on an issue that didn't pertain to guns or school safety. Ah, Rep. Ainsworth, there's where you revealed your truly vile self

Is gaining a few votes from the hardcore right worth losing the votes of moderates and those who lean left? Just don't count on our vote come June.


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French Teacher Sonny DePugh 

Which had you rather have at your child's school - French teacher Sonny DePugh armed with a handgun or electronic doors combined with bullet proof windows?

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Are you keeping up with what our newest senator is doing? He's voting his own mind, not so-called Democratic values. Doug Jones is forming coalitions with Republicans who want to move this country forward. In short, he's doing what he promised to do, and all thinking Alabamians should be thankful. 




6 comments:

  1. Bulletproof glass starts at $25a square foot. What are the democrats willing to defund to provide them to every window in every school? There are numerous teachers out there that have served in the military male and female. There are numerous others that are gun enthusiasts that could and would take training for armed response. As to the what if they freeze issue; what if they don't? The coach/unarmed security guard didn't freeze when it mattered but the armed policeman did.

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    1. Just serving in the military doesn't mean one has seen combat. As for the deputy on duty, he was 54 years old and had years of service, presumably in that time and in that area he would have seen gunfire, yet he didn't react as some said he should have. How can we expect those who have seen any "gun battles" to react to a shooter with an AR-15?

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    2. Everyone in a gun battle had their first gun battle without experiencing one first.

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  2. Why would democrats or republicans have to "defund" anything to place bulletproof glass in strategic windows in schools to protect children? Here is "novel" idea: RAISE PROPERTY TAXES! Alabama has one of the lowest in the nation and the large landowners in the southern portion of the state and real estate barons want to make sure it stays that way. Of course, you need to make a choice: the safety of children or more guns. Common sense be damned when it comes to the thinking of devotees of the NRA: GUNS BEFORE CHILDREN should be their actual slogan.

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    1. We would have to get money from somewhere and we have borrowed more than we can afford already. The glass would not have helped any of these kids when he pulled the fire alarm and they were walking out side.

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    2. To pull the fire alarm, he would have to be inside. If he can't get inside, he can't pull the fire alarm. End of...

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