Letter: If politicians and courts are protected, why not schools? - Gainesville Times

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Letter: If politicians and courts are protected, why not schools?

A Capitol Hill Police officer stands his post at the entrance to the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington. - photo by J. Scott Applewhite

BC-US--Congressman Shot-Security-IMG-jpg — A Capitol Hill Police officer stands his post at the entrance to the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington. - photo by J. Scott Applewhite

I can’t believe the pain caused by the most recent school campus shooting, pain that will last for many generations. I am frustrated because I know what we can expect from those who “supposedly lead” us: No real ideas, no real action. Just the same rhetoric.