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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Newtown Shooting Reaction, An Online Sex Act At School & A Creve Coeur House Fire: What You Read In December

The NFL's way of honoring victims of the mass shooting in Connecticut, the Ladue School District's search for a new superintendent and the departure of a 101 ESPN Radio Talk Show host were topics that drew you to Creve Coeur Patch in December 2012.

As you dust off your car full of New Year snow, here's a look at the top 10 Most-Read stories in December: NFL Pays Tribute To Newtown Shooting Victims   Get Out: What's Open Christmas Day?   Police: Man Performed Online Sex Act For Ladue Student   ALDI Confirms Creve Coeur Grand Opening   Rick Venturi Leaving Co-Host Role at 101 ESPN Radio   Lawsuit Claims Baby Was Decapitated During Delivery at Mercy   Creve Coeur Police Investigating Monday Bank Robbery   Ladue School Board Picks Interim Superintendent   After Newtown: Will Missouri Arm Teachers Or Pass Gun Control?   FOX2 Reports Man Escapes Burning Creve Coeur Home

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NFL Pays Tribute To Newtown Shooting Victims, Get Out: What's Open Christmas Day?, Police: Man Performed Online Sex Act For Ladue Student, and 7 more ›

Friday, December 21, 2012

NRA Calls for 'Armed Security' Around Schools

"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," the NRA's Wayne LaPierre said.

In an amazing Friday morning press conference in Washington DC, the National Rifle Association broke its weeklong silence following the horrific shooting of 26 people at a school in Newtown, CT and called for a surge of gun-carrying "good guys" around American schools. NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre called for a new kind of American domestic security revolving around armed civilians, arguing that "the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." "We care about our president, so we protect him with armed Secret Service agents," LaPierre said. "Members of Congress work in offices surrounded by Capitol Police officers. Yet, when it comes to our most beloved, innocent, and vulnerable members of the …

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Newtown United: Grassroots Group Seeks to Curb Gun Violence (in Newtown Patch), School Officials Reject Idea of Arming Teachers at Safety Meeting, Parkway Northeast Middle School, and 2 more ›

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