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** FILE ** Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president and CEO of the National Rifle Association, speaks during a news conference in Washington on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in response to the Newtown, Conn., school shooting the week before. The NRA, the nation's largest gun-rights lobby, is calling for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings." (Associated Press)
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Former Rep. Asa Hutchison, Arkansass Republican, gestures as he speaks during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Washington. Mr. Hutchinson will lead an National Rifle Association program that will develop a model security plan for schools that relies on armed volunteers. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
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Protesters react as Indian police officers use a water cannon to disperse them near the India Gate as they protest against the gang rape and brutal beating of a 23-year-old student on a bus last week, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. The attack last Sunday has sparked days of protests across the country. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)
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Illinois state Rep. Greg Harris, Chicago Democrat, works at his desk as the lone lawmaker in the House chambers before the beginning of the day's legislative session at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill., on Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Mr. Harris is one of two lawmakers who have said they will call for a vote on gay-marriage legislation in early January. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Former Rep. Asa Hutchinson, Arkansas Republican, speaks during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Washington. Mr. Hutchinson will lead a National Rifle Association program that will develop a model security plan for schools that relies on armed volunteers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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The National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre speaks during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Washington. The nation's largest gun-rights lobby is calling for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings." (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
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National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre pauses as he makes a statement during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting, on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Washington. The National Rifle Association broke its silence Friday on last week's shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school that left 26 children and staff dead. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
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Firefighters salute as a hearse passes for the funeral procession to the burial of 7-year-old Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Daniel Gerard Barden, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Barden was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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This Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, photo shows the sign in front of the Harrold Independent School District in Harrold, Texas. The K-12 school has a policy allowing teachers and other school employees to carry concealed weapons, a controversial policy that's now being considered in at least five other states in the wake of last week's deadly elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/Angela K. Brown)
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Walter Witschey is a Maya expert and professor of anthropology and science education at Longwood University in Farmville, Va. (Provided by Andrea Dailey)
