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    "title": "Armed guard disarms teen in Atlanta school shooting",
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    "created": "2013-02-01 15:48:17 UTC",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>A student opened fire at his middle school Thursday afternoon, wounding a 14-year-old in the neck before an armed officer working at the school was able to get the gun away, police said.</p>\n<p>...</p>\n<p>Investigators believe the shooting was not random and that something occurred between the two students that may have led to it.</p>\n<p>Schools Superintendent Erroll Davis said the school does have metal detectors.</p>\n<p>\"The obvious question is how did this get past a metal detector?\" Davis asked about the gun. \"That\u00e2\u0080\u0099s something we do not know yet.\"</p>\n<p>The armed resource officer who took the gun away was off-duty and at the school, but police didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t release details on him or whether he is regularly at Price.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>We all want to prevent or mitigate mass shootings at schools.  To those of you who want to do so via increased controls: even if such laws pass through the political system, it will take years to implement.  Putting armed guards in schools, or allowing teachers/administrators/staff who have CCW permits to actually carry their weapons on school property, is something we can do *right now*. It works, and it has the benefit of not further restricting civil rights. Via <a href=\"http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/55742445-68/shooting-atlanta-police-says.html.csp\">Armed guard disarmed teen in Atlanta school shooting, says police chief | The Salt Lake Tribune</a>.</p>\n"
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