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[quote=Anonymous]I was pretty young when 9/11 happened but remember thinking a lot about the trade off between security and freedom back them. In light of the recent school shooting and having young children myself, I think I'm ready to take the leap to the side of security and would take some lessons from a country like Israel. If we're not going to do anything to limit access to assault weapons or it will take decades to get anything done, could we think about some stop gap measures? Why don't we provide a military presence (soldiers with assault weapons) at all schools and public spaces to protect our citizens, especially children? We do it at airports, why not other places?

I'm so sick of having to avoid public spaces and make an exit plan every time I go to the grocery store, mall, movie theater, etc. More than anything, I hate that my kids have to grow up in a country where this is going to be something they have to think about regularly.

We can talk about gun control all we want, but it's time to think of an actual interim solution with some political feasibility. I recognize my military option might not be one of them.[/quote]

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