Retiring Republican Rep. Ron Paul pushed
back Monday against the National Rifle Association's call for installing armed
officers in every school, warning that the move could create a TSA-style maze
of checkpoints and surveillance cameras -- with limited effect.
"School shootings, no matter how
horrific, do not justify creating an Orwellian surveillance state in
America," Paul said in a written statement.
The congressman, among the most
libertarian-leaning on the Hill, is the first Republican in Congress to forcefully
oppose the NRA's proposal. NRA head Wayne LaPierre on Friday urged federal
funding to overhaul America's school security, a plan that would include
posting a guard in every school.
Source: Fox News
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