Canada is acting to freeze handgun sales and buy back assault style weapons. Australia and New Zealand have already acted. The US will remain the Wild Wild West for as long as your Republican Senators and Representatives can keep it that way. And since the shootings in Uvalde has sparked outrage that has lasted longer than three days we now have at least a few Republican Senators who are acting like they actually want to do something about it. If only our duly elected politicians' contributions could be limited to a few hundred dollars per person and completely disallow corporate donations. Think NRA and Citizens United. Who needs Congress when the Supreme Court can decide what laws we need. Requiring background checks would at least be a start. So we all already know how this will play out. A few Republicans will make a big show about how they are for gun control and always have been. Then a bill will fail by one or two votes. Yippee Ki-Yay mofos!
"hardening" schools is stupid. Right up there with taking horse paste instead of getting a vaccine.The solution for funding this is simply to tell the government that Russia is invading schools:
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Why would you not want to make schools safer? Kids should feel safe at school. That's about as elementary as it gets."hardening" schools is stupid. Right up there with taking horse paste instead of getting a vaccine.
HUH? I am not yelling, nor am I screaming, and I am sure as hell not an old man.. Middle aged yes.. but not an old man. I was responding to your post that had absolutely NOTHING to do with raising kids, yet you accuse me at yelling at the clouds. go figure. (you are welcome to explain how collage costs, being able to buy a house, getting a job after high school, etc. has anything to do with how kids are raised now days and how parents and society are soft on them) But rather then going back and re-reading what I said, so you can grasp what I am talking about, you post this..Ok please, just no.
You are just an old man screaming at clouds right now.
You yell at people to re-read what you say. Well go re-read what you said. It doesn't read like you are really listening to others.
Because it's a waste of money and does little too actually prevent the next mass shooting.Why would you not want to make schools safer? Kids should feel safe at school. That's about as elementary as it gets.
Yep, same argument against airplane security theater. Blow up the security lines instead of the plane.The school/fortress thing is a distraction. Schools for the most part have been secure since the 60s. Steel doors, chains, gates, fire doors on classrooms and so on. Even if you want to increase that, what about shopping malls, grocery stores, movie theaters, outside concert areas, medical office buildings and pretty much every other public space?
Gunners don't have those answers and refuse to consider the ONE thing that will stop most of this. THAT is about as elementary as it gets.
Plus it's psychologically damaging to the kids and teachers...Because it's a waste of money and does little too actually prevent the next mass shooting.
Schools shouldn't be prisons.
You need a lot more practice with logic and reason. Access to guns does not make people go crazy more frequently. It makes it easy to carry out mass shootings when people go crazy.Bullshit! I am not the one not getting it. If your argument was sound, then we would be having constant chaos in Schools K-12.
"hardening" schools is stupid. Right up there with taking horse paste instead of getting a vaccine.
Plus it's psychologically damaging to the kids and teachers...
I know they demolished Sandy Hook and build a new school so I imagine they will do the same here but who knows right now.Wonder if decision to not reopen this school will be permanent or only in the short term? But yeah the selfish gun nutters willing to let the dozens of families that lose a family member and the thousands in the community to suffer in pain rather than make a change.
Access to guns does not make people go crazy more frequently. It makes it easy to carry out mass shootings when people go crazy.
I don't want kids to feel like they are in a prison.Why would you not want to make schools safer? Kids should feel safe at school. That's about as elementary as it gets.
I doubt a small town in Texas has the money to do that. I'm pretty sure Columbine is still open too.I know they demolished Sandy Hook and build a new school so I imagine they will do the same here but who knows right now.
It will take a few weeks for funerals to conclude. PD and Uvalde's Republican administration are hoping everyone loses focus and they can just force feed more lies to the public.
Greg Abbott already did that. Let's say you turn all schools into armed prisons, what are you going to do with all the soft kid friendly targets around town?Why would you not want to make schools safer? Kids should feel safe at school. That's about as elementary as it gets.
Why would you not want to make schools safer? Kids should feel safe at school. That's about as elementary as it gets.
I wonder how much taxpayer money is going to subsidize private gun ownership via hardening schools.Greg Abbott already did that. Let's say you turn all schools into armed prisons, what are you going to do with all the soft kid friendly targets around town?
Gonna imprison, playgrounds, grocery stores, day cares, toy stores, libraries, movie theaters, amusement parks, sports arenas? If you can't imprison them to the same level you just did schools will you close them all?
Did I leave anything out?
I wonder how much taxpayer money is going to subsidize private gun ownership via hardening schools.
You know just doing two active shooter drills a year probably cost around $250M a year in just teacher salary’s (~3.6M k-12 teachers, avg salary ~$30/hr, 1 hr drill X 2).
HUH? I am not yelling, nor am I screaming, and I am sure as hell not an old man.. Middle aged yes.. but not an old man. I was responding to your post that had absolutely NOTHING to do with raising kids, yet you accuse me at yelling at the clouds. go figure. (you are welcome to explain how collage costs, being able to buy a house, getting a job after high school, etc. has anything to do with how kids are raised now days and how parents and society are soft on them) But rather then going back and re-reading what I said, so you can grasp what I am talking about, you post this..
It's interesting you tell me I am not listening to others, after your response that wasn't on topic, or even close to the scope of what I said or was talking about. I heard what the few people said, and they are dead set on blaming brain development.. I don't agree, unless we are devolving in the US. NOBODY, including you can answer why kids are out of control today compared to decades ago, as if it has nothing to do with why these teens are shooting up schools. Gotta be that lack of brain development causing it.. Maybe it' something in the water. It doesn't add up that it has anything to do with brain development. It is just an excuse because society doesn't want to admit that we are soft on our kids.. Trophies and ice cream is the answer.
But I will stop.. Because obviously you want me to stick with the status quo and shut up...