Sandy Hook and the NRA

This morning the National Rifle Association finally made an official statement in response to the Sandy Hook elementary school killings.  They say the problem is not enough guns.  Guns should be allowed in schools, and in fact that each school should have armed guards. 

I am surprised they said anything, but the nature of their response is no surprise, Conservative anti-crime, pro gun folk always believe problems are solved by being tougher, meeting force with greater force, and they have dominated much of the debate in this country the last couple decades.

I don't think putting armed guards at schools is the best answer, but, in the spirit of compromise, I'm ok with armed guards at schools - if the NRA pays for it.  Pay for the armed guards with a tax on guns and ammunition.  As a taxpayer I am not interested in spending one more dime to support their narrow view of the world.  Let the folks that love their guns pay for the consequences of easily available guns.

12/29/12 addendum - Interesting factoid relevant to the NRA arguments that guns aren't the problem, people are. The economist notes that on the same day 26 people died at Sandy Hook Elementary a fellow in Henen province in China, burst into a classroom and injured 23 kids, but no one died. The difference between 26 dead and 23 injured? Sandy Hook shooter had guns, the fellow in China only had a knives. (Econ 12/22/12 p.12)