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After sandy hook, they built fences around the school. you cannot people just wandering in. teachers and administrators in the urban areas, they have metal detectors and checkpoints which are extremely effective. thats something to look at too. another great moment was when a guy, i believe from sandy hook, one of the fathers said we stop relying on washington to fix everything and we did ourselves. we taught teachers to intervene when they saw students with problems and take action aggressively...

Defense. these are weapons of war. and i still cant fathom that i myself am able to purchase one. >> i couldnt agree -- im not here to debate. i lost my sister. like mr. president said, if you can find 20% of maybe retired law enforcement officers or teachers you could go through for training to carry a firearm, it could have been a very different situation. like you said, law enforcement, it takes them 7 minutes, 8 minutes to get there. if a teacher or security guard has a concealed license and...

She will tell you school teachers have more than enough responsibilities right now than to have to have the awesome responsibility of lethal force to take a life. [applause] nobody wants to see a shoot out in a school. a deranged sociopath on his way to commit an act of murder in a school, knowing the outcome is going to be suicide, is not going to care if there is somebody there with a gun. that is their plan anyway. im going to build on what my friend and colleague nicole hockley said. we trie...

Say something you havent already heard. i can tell you that in addition to all of the sorrow we are feeling in our community right now, theres also a lot of anger. anger that the police can visit a person dozens of times and not take action. anger that the fbi could get at least two credible tips and not take action. one possible solution which we discussed with secretary devos, if the tragedy strikes, can we wait for the first responders to get to the campus four or five or six or 7 minutes lat...

Our students get home safe, to ensure our staff members get home safe. these are just minor solutions. i will say im against having a teacher with a gun in a building. teachers are emotional. people are emotional. i think thats a huge factor. having students, you may have to go to the staff members going through these checkpoints to ensure their mental is on point and that we are talking about they dont have any physical metal on them. in our building, our students dont even carry cell phones be...

The year. there are plenty of teachers who already licensed to carry firearms. have them raise their hands to volunteer for the training, and when something like this starts, the first responders are already on campus. if it is not the teachers, you could have people that work on the campus. a custodian could be an undercover policeman. somebody who works in the library or the 1 could be an undercover policeman. he served lunch every day but he also has a firearm at the ready. a guidance counsel...

Many. it would be teachers and coaches, if the coach had a firearm in his locker when he ran at this guy. that coach was very brave. saved a lot of lives are suspect. if he had a firearm, he wouldnt of had to run. he would have shot and that wouldve been the end of it. this would only be obviously for people who are very adept at handling a gun. its called concealed carry where a teacher would have a concealed gun on them. they would go for special training and they would be there, and you would...

Particular and their parents, anything short of a dramatic revamp of our gun laws isnt going to cut. isnt the debate here, for the moment, if people are expecting -- if the kids are expecting or their parents are expecting that the gun laws wont be as much a part of this, then how does it -- how do the politicians handsel the inevitable rap that will come their way? >> the gun laws will be affected. what i talking about will change your ability to get a gun. and the background checks, too. those...

We have a great city. its one of the safest cities in america. the fact that this happened in our city means it can happen anywhere. we are blessed that where very close knit, oriented city. our community is coming together. we lost 17 lives, but the ripple effects throughout the community are devastating. i spent the last week going to funerals. friends of mine lost their children. we have to at some point care enough and be strong enough to come up with solutions. i hope we will. if i might, i...

Diversity, you create division. if you focus too much on unity, youll create compromise. if you focus on relatedness and how we can relate, you celebrate the diversity and see the unity take place. im all for diversity and for unity. the focus needs to be on how can we connect. thats something that we in our organizations have learned. one thing we have learned is how to connect students with each other, with themselves and teachers and parents. and i would love to share more as we have a chance...