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LI educators condemn NRA school security idea

A police SWAT team walks out of the

Photo credit: AP | A police SWAT team walks out of the rectory of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church while responding to a bomb threat in Newtown, Conn. Worshipers hurriedly left the church Sunday, not far from where a gunman opened fire Friday inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. (Dec. 16, 2012)

Bizarre, out of touch and insane. That's how Long Island educators described the National Rifle Association's call for "armed security" at every school to curb gun violence.

The gun lobbying group's announcement came a week after a 20-year-old man shot his way into a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, killing 20 first-graders and six adults.

Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's chief executive,...

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