Nearly two dozen school districts in the red-leaning suburbs of New York City have approved armed guards to protect their children, preferring a show of force rather than further curtailing Second Amendment rights in the Empire State. One such district is the Farmingdale School District in eastern Nassau County, which serves more than 5,100 students.
Residents of Farmingdale discuss their view on the school district hiring armed guards 'I have grandkids -- I don't want them hurt,' Deborah, an area woman, told Fox News Digital. 'So, with violence the way it is now, a couple of dollars, it's not gonna kill us. It's going to save a life.' FAMILIES OF NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL VICTIMS CLAIM THEY OWN 'MANIFESTO' IN FIGHT OVER RELEASE Bob Clemente, another resident, said it was 'about time.
Obviously, a school is one of the most vulnerable locations because you have large amounts of minors being overseen by a small number of administrators and teachers who typically have no way to defend themselves or their students from the adversary,' she told Fox News Digital. 'Having an armed security guard or law enforcement officer at the entry point of the school is crucial in protecting the innocent.
In Parkland, an armed teen barged in and killed 17 people, 14 of them students, as the school's then-resource officer, Scot Peterson, ducked for cover outside the building on Valentine's Day in 2018. A jury found him not guilty of child neglect last year after prosecutors brought charges over his inability to stop the mass shooting.
And in Uvalde's Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022, children locked in a classroom with the gunman called 911 multiple times begging for help. Police stood in the hallway for 77 minutes before a U.S. Border Patrol tactical team breached the door and shot the gunman. By that time, the shooter had massacred 19 children and two adults. 'Many politicians use school shootings and mass shootings as an opportunity to hone in on gun control,' Parker said.