Armed guards are \u201cno panacea\u201d for shootings at houses of worship, former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said Sunday. President Trump has suggested that sentries with\u2026<\/b>
\nArmed guards are \u201cno panacea\u201d for shootings at houses of worship, former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said Sunday.
President Trump has suggested that sentries with guns \u201c might have been able to stop \u201d mad man Robert Bowers before he shot dead 11 people inside a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday \u2014 but lawman Kelly is not so sure.
\u201cI don\u2019t know about armed guards,\u201d he said on the \u201cCats Roundtable\u201d radio show. \u201cThat armed guard could be the first person killed. You had four police officers wounded yesterday. There is no panacea.\u201d
Instead Kelly said active-shooter drills are the best defense against violent extremists.
\u201cIn Europe, when I visit these synagogues, they have pretty comprehensive plans. The secret is to exercise those plans. Practice those plans,\u201d he said.
Observers have warned that anti-Semitism is on the rise in Europe, but Kelly, who has traveled the continent advising on counter-terror, said the massacre was a \u201cshocking\u201d display of hatred that overshadows hate activity on the other side of the Atlantic.
\u201cWhen I saw what happen in Pittsburgh yesterday, it makes what happens over here [in Europe] pale in comparison,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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