Florida School Shooting

[Adrift]

That's already happening here in Texas. Heard this on the news not long ago. I believe this is a small town North of Dallas, TX.

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http://www.kxii.com/content/news/Flo...474343983.html

Wow, that's terrifying.

[Adrift]

The spotlight put on these incidents by the media not only magnifies their significance in the public consciousness, but also inspires more of these disturbed and evil individuals to do the same. They want fame.

Agreed.

[Littlejoe]

Wow, that's terrifying.

Sorry, but I disagree. I think overall the parents feel their kids are safer with TRAINED, responsible staff armed for such an emergency. No gun zones are just free killing fields...there's are reason their called a soft target. Many communities in Texas have hired SRO's or offduty policemen to patrol the hallways. I'm friends with one. He's ex-military, and 20+ year veteran of the force. Rock solid guy...and he loves the kids and would die to protect them.

[Adrift]

I wonder if a lot of disagreement on this issue comes down to rural vs. more urban or even suburban living.

[TheWall]

Texas Tech, Trinity Christian, and Lisd all have armed police and security gaurds.

[Adrift]

Texas Tech, Trinity Christian, and Lisd all have armed police and security gaurds.

But are the staff armed there too?

[TheWall]

But are the staff armed there too?

No. At least not at lisd or trinity christian. I dont know about Tech.

[Cow Poke]

Sorry, but I disagree. I think overall the parents feel their kids are safer with TRAINED, responsible staff armed for such an emergency. No gun zones are just free killing fields...there's are reason their called a soft target. Many communities in Texas have hired SRO's or offduty policemen to patrol the hallways. I'm friends with one. He's ex-military, and 20+ year veteran of the force. Rock solid guy...and he loves the kids and would die to protect them.

One of my church members is a SRO - and loves it. He gets to spend a lot of his time being a spiritual counselor (unofficially) and getting to know the kids. One of the huge benefits of that is that he has cultivated relationships where kids feel safe "telling him things". Oh, and he coaches basketball.

[carpedm9587]

From the students of the Florida massacre...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ate/347992002/

[firstfloor]

Say the first thing that comes into your head when I say .....
School
Americans: soft target.

Sad!

[Cow Poke]

Say the first thing that comes into your head when I say .....
School
Americans: soft target.

Sad!

Wanna try that with....
Say the first thing that comes into your head when I say ....
firstfloor?

[carpedm9587]

Eventually...inevitably...Americans will tire of the claim that the epidemic level of gun deaths in the U.S. has nothing to do with guns. Perhaps that tide is already turning. Perhaps it will take another few hundred thousand deaths. But eventually, we will become fed up with seeing our children, spouses, and other loved ones gunned down at the rate of over 100 per day....

[Cow Poke]

Eventually...inevitably...Americans will tire of the claim that the epidemic level of gun deaths in the U.S. has nothing to do with guns.

I have made no such claim.

Perhaps that tide is already turning. Perhaps it will take another few hundred thousand deaths. But eventually, we will become fed up with seeing our children, spouses, and other loved ones gunned down at the rate of over 100 per day....

So, again, what's your reasonable solution?

[Mountain Man]

Say the first thing that comes into your head when I say .....
School
Americans: soft target.

Sad!

In this context, yes; but in general, no.

[Mountain Man]

Eventually...inevitably...Americans will tire of the claim that the epidemic level of gun deaths in the U.S. has nothing to do with guns. Perhaps that tide is already turning. Perhaps it will take another few hundred thousand deaths. But eventually, we will become fed up with seeing our children, spouses, and other loved ones gunned down at the rate of over 100 per day....

A better armed public is a viable solution.