Hope to Hold Town Hall Wednesday on School Safety
Event starts at 7 p.m. at Wakefield High School in Arlington.
State Del. Patrick Hope, D-Arlington, will hold a town hall on school safety from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wakefield High School. The town hall will be in the auditorium of the school, 4901 S. Chesterfield Road. Earlier this month, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell appointed 45 people to a state Task Force on School and Campus Safety. Hope was among the appointees, along with Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and a long list of state agency heads, lawmakers, police and fire chiefs, and Allen Hill, whose daughter was a victim of the Virginia Tech Shooting. McDonnell created the task force in late December following the tragic shooting in Newtown, Conn. Read more: Sen. Mark Warner: Newtown is 'Game Changer' on Guns Advice for Parents on Talking …
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mks
7:47 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
The problem as I see it, is not with the guns that were used in Newtown. The problem was that the gun owner DID NOT SECURE HER WEAPONS. If she had the only available key to a gun safe on her or in a truly secret place, this would not have happened the way that it did. more ›