When occupants of the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives give up Secret Service protection and, in its place, appoint “approximately 20 percent” of themselves to be trained and armed to protect the rest of the members of these institutions (while still carrying on their day-to-day duties) then, and only then, should educators be armed.
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Letter: Let officials protect themselves
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