Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Riffle Association (NRA), recommends that we secure an armed guard in every school in America. According to the Utah Public School Directory (http://utah.educationbug.org/public-schools/), there are 899 public schools in Utah.
If $40,000 was paid as a yearly salary to one armed guard in each school, and if $30,000 was spent on administration, training, supervision, equipment, and support, then 63 million dollars a year would be the added expense to our state budget. (Of course, this assumes that one guard per school would be effective in preventing mass shootings and not, in and of itself, cause additional problems.)
There are approximately 1,115,000 tax-paying adults in Utah. It would cost each one about $56 a year and necessarily require a tax increase.
Extrapolating across the nation, approximately 10,000 public schools operate. To hire a guard in each one would cost roughly $700 million per year. Given that the cost of living is much greater in other states, the cost would probably strip about $90 per tax payer.
However, conservatives and Republicans do not want to raise taxes, and many conservatives do not want to limit gun ownership, in any manner.
According to the NRA, (http://www.statisticbrain.com/national-rifle-association-nra-statistics/) the NRA has 4.3 million members. Hence, if they bore the burden of this new police force, it would only cost each member $162 per year. Problem solved. It is a small price for the cost of freedom and gun liberty.
(No, this is not necessarily my opinion. Just food for thought. Please critique my rough calculations. They are, like me, probably very fiscally conservative.)
Loren M. Lambert © December 21, 2012
If $40,000 was paid as a yearly salary to one armed guard in each school, and if $30,000 was spent on administration, training, supervision, equipment, and support, then 63 million dollars a year would be the added expense to our state budget. (Of course, this assumes that one guard per school would be effective in preventing mass shootings and not, in and of itself, cause additional problems.)
There are approximately 1,115,000 tax-paying adults in Utah. It would cost each one about $56 a year and necessarily require a tax increase.
Extrapolating across the nation, approximately 10,000 public schools operate. To hire a guard in each one would cost roughly $700 million per year. Given that the cost of living is much greater in other states, the cost would probably strip about $90 per tax payer.
However, conservatives and Republicans do not want to raise taxes, and many conservatives do not want to limit gun ownership, in any manner.
According to the NRA, (http://www.statisticbrain.com/national-rifle-association-nra-statistics/) the NRA has 4.3 million members. Hence, if they bore the burden of this new police force, it would only cost each member $162 per year. Problem solved. It is a small price for the cost of freedom and gun liberty.
(No, this is not necessarily my opinion. Just food for thought. Please critique my rough calculations. They are, like me, probably very fiscally conservative.)
Loren M. Lambert © December 21, 2012
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