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I think of mass shootings as part of the curse of Republicanism. Republicans will always be against solving the problem of mass shootings.

I wouldn't vote for a politician who opposed banning assault type weapons or selling high-capacity magazines to the general public or background checks for gun buyers any more than I would vote for a known serial killer like Jack the ripper! In my carefully considered opinion, any politician or judge or justice at any level of government, up to and including the Supreme Court, who opposes such sensible measures deserves to be voted out of office and/or impeached!

This brutal takedown by Jon Stewart of a conservative opponent of Gun regulations and registration is precious! Jon Stewart BREAKS THEINTERNET demolishing Republican TO HIS FACE

It is outrageous and immoral to regard the very lives of our precious children as less important than maximizing the profits of firearms manufacturers because they donate so heavily to the conservative idiots willing to do their bidding by rejecting virtually any measures and regulations that would help to minimize the dangers posed by virtually unrestricted gun sales and ownership.

Jersey Girl wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 28, 2023 9:44 pm

Please watch this and look to see what I see as the cameras move through the hallways and classrooms of Covenant. Do you see the spaces where children live more waking hours than they do at home?

Interestingly, when I went through the police academy, 100% of our active shooter drills were conducted in schools. So my current mental images of the insides of schools are indeed with weapons in hand and at the ready.

Dr. Shades wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 29, 2023 9:31 am

Jersey Girl wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 28, 2023 9:44 pm

Please watch this and look to see what I see as the cameras move through the hallways and classrooms of Covenant. Do you see the spaces where children live more waking hours than they do at home?

Interestingly, when I went through the police academy, 100% of our active shooter drills were conducted in schools. So my current mental images of the insides of schools are indeed with weapons in hand and at the ready.

Voof. That’s … kind of damning with regard to our country’s culture. Man. Sad.

- Doc

canpakes wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 29, 2023 3:28 am

ajax18 wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:12 am

I'm assuming we're not allowed to propose bullet proof rooms or other safety measures to make schools a less soft target like the initial target she/her chose and passed up for a softer target either.

1. I’m not convinced that you’d accept the cost, financed through greater taxation, of making ‘bullet proof rooms’.

2. Even if, you can’t make bullet proof school grounds, unless you believe that schools should essentially convert to prisons.

Good points. I was reminded by the video of the shooter shooting through the side door that my kid's elementary school installed bulletproof outer doors some years back, and I was shocked at the ease with which they shot through the doors. I remember thinking 'why weren't they bulletproof????'

But the video also, chillingly, showed the shooter driving onto the property and then parking in the back, where the parking lot backed up onto a playground with swings. There were at least 10 kids out there on the swings and in the playground as the killer walked past, weapons in hand.

canpakes wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 29, 2023 3:28 am

ajax18 wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:12 am

I'm assuming we're not allowed to propose bullet proof rooms or other safety measures to make schools a less soft target like the initial target she/her chose and passed up for a softer target either.

1. I’m not convinced that you’d accept the cost, financed through greater taxation, of making ‘bullet proof rooms’.

2. Even if, you can’t make bullet proof school grounds, unless you believe that schools should essentially convert to prisons.

Better a prison than dead. Murder is already illegal. Confiscating guns from law biding people will not stop criminals from getting guns. A pistol could have done just as much damage especially if the police were disarmed and demilitarized as many on this board have called for. It's a private school so people could choose to invest or not invest in the safety features with their tuition dollars.

ajax18 wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 29, 2023 4:10 pm

canpakes wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 29, 2023 3:28 am

1. I’m not convinced that you’d accept the cost, financed through greater taxation, of making ‘bullet proof rooms’.

2. Even if, you can’t make bullet proof school grounds, unless you believe that schools should essentially convert to prisons.

Better a prison than dead. Murder is already illegal. Confiscating guns from law biding people will not stop criminals from getting guns. A pistol could have done just as much damage especially if the police were disarmed and demilitarized as many on this board have called for. It's a private school so people could choose to invest or not invest in the safety features with their tuition dollars.

Just gonna lock this in. In case anyone is wondering, this is what a piece of crap looks like.

- Doc

The Nasville shooter used carbine, wich are pustol rounds, not AR15.

The following ethics are what a piece of crap looks like.

The rule is that if you are a member of a supposed victim group, your evil sins are the fault of the society around you.

ajax18 wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:12 am

I'm assuming we're not allowed to propose bullet proof rooms or other safety measures to make schools a less soft target like the initial target she/her chose and passed up for a softer target either. We must just keep our focus squarely on disarming law biding citizens and not deviate into other issues like transgender mental illness and hatred for Christian schools, values, and Christian children. Criminals don't give a damn about your gun laws, never have, and never will.

We're certainly allowed to propose it, if the end goal is to avoid anyone's gun fetish being inconvenienced. Who are we taxing for the trillions required to retrofit all of the schools? I guess gun owners would make sense.

Doctor Steuss wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 29, 2023 5:06 pm

ajax18 wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:12 am

I'm assuming we're not allowed to propose bullet proof rooms or other safety measures to make schools a less soft target like the initial target she/her chose and passed up for a softer target either. We must just keep our focus squarely on disarming law biding citizens and not deviate into other issues like transgender mental illness and hatred for Christian schools, values, and Christian children. Criminals don't give a damn about your gun laws, never have, and never will.

We're certainly allowed to propose it, if the end goal is to avoid anyone's gun fetish being inconvenienced. Who are we taxing for the trillions required to retrofit all of the schools? I guess gun owners would make sense.

Nobody. We're going back to free market schools. If it's not worth it to you, you don't have to buy it.