The more we learn about the unthinkable events in Uvalde, like what happened in Sandy Hook, the more we realize we’re avoiding the simple things to focus on the wrong things.
In addition to the locks, let me add that every classroom should have cameras with live feeds installed. Part of the failure at Uvalde was that the cops didn't seem to have much idea what the situation was behind the locked fourth grade classroom door. Additional intelligence may have altered their decision making in a way that may have saved a few more kids' lives.
I've worked where psychiatric exams are required prior to employment. I know a couple of readers will question how I got the job. It did reduce aberrant behavior in the workplace. I have also been responsible for securing military and industrial facilities. It can be done but the option for lethal force has to be on the table.
I believe we will have to spend the money to vet gun purchasers more thoroughly. Hardening schools will also be required. There are either more crazies out there than there once were, or societal factors have changed so that crazies are more inspired to act. Like a lot of people my age, I remember shotguns and rifles in gun racks in the high school parking lot. Justice Scalia said he rode the subway with a long gun. Incidents were rare.
I'm all for better security around schools. But that's not enough anymore than Nancy Reagan just telling us to say no to drugs. There's got to be more. BTW, i don't want your guns, i want better enforcement, more realistic controls on who is buying and who is selling. That's an easy fix. But wait, we can't agree to even go there because the NRA won't let us.
Therein is the heart of the problem. The NRA is a scum sucking organization that lives large off of donations from the suckers who think they give two shits about your owning a gun. One of the best reads of the day was when Charlie Sykes posted former President George Bush's letter to the NRA dropping out of the organization. Even back then he understood the problem.
The worst part is, the legislation was in place following Reagan being shot. It took several years (1994) with the support of the Brady Bill from both parties. It was common sense legislation that unfortunately had a sunset provision in 2004. One can only imagine where we would be today if that bill had still been in place.
Again, nothing wrong with trying to make schools safer, but until we get past the idea that more guns are the answer, we'll keep burying American's in record numbers. And one final shout out to all those brave American politicians scheduled to speak at the NRA's gun show this weekend. Just a scant distance away from the tragedy and yet there they go, insuring they get their yearly stipend from the gun manufacturers who are selling more guns than ever. Shameful. Freaking shameful.
This could plausibly work on a school with one large building, and no windows: what good does this do on an open-campus design with windows? My K-12 took place in such environments: my elementary school now has a high metal fence and security doors, but if someone really wanted to get in they could. As far as I know my middle and high schools are still open campuses, with multiple buildings - sort of like a junior college.
What does a single entry mean for fire safety, or from it being used as a choke-point?
How will the need to use the bathroom work: will every classroom now need a toilet and sink?
Turning schools into fortresses or prisons screams the opposite of freedom.
And again to note: the "law abiding citizens" line ignores that all sorts of things are banned for law abiding citizens to own/purchase after someone abuses them. We absolutely could ban the sale of such weapons going forward, and even require mandatory gun buy backs if we really wanted to do so.
Like any conservative, I'm sure the govt is capable of building, installing and maintaining all these man traps around schools. Shouldn't be any mishaps at all. Or maybe a few? But I'm sure child deaths resulting from mantrap malfunctions will be ... like... less than 1000 maybe.
And the children who are killed or maim will be the least fit to survive. The dummies and what not. Proof that evolution is true... hold on...
Maybe the US should just abort all new borns.- Look problem solved (and in less than 500 words)
In addition to the locks, let me add that every classroom should have cameras with live feeds installed. Part of the failure at Uvalde was that the cops didn't seem to have much idea what the situation was behind the locked fourth grade classroom door. Additional intelligence may have altered their decision making in a way that may have saved a few more kids' lives.
I've worked where psychiatric exams are required prior to employment. I know a couple of readers will question how I got the job. It did reduce aberrant behavior in the workplace. I have also been responsible for securing military and industrial facilities. It can be done but the option for lethal force has to be on the table.
I believe we will have to spend the money to vet gun purchasers more thoroughly. Hardening schools will also be required. There are either more crazies out there than there once were, or societal factors have changed so that crazies are more inspired to act. Like a lot of people my age, I remember shotguns and rifles in gun racks in the high school parking lot. Justice Scalia said he rode the subway with a long gun. Incidents were rare.
I'm all for better security around schools. But that's not enough anymore than Nancy Reagan just telling us to say no to drugs. There's got to be more. BTW, i don't want your guns, i want better enforcement, more realistic controls on who is buying and who is selling. That's an easy fix. But wait, we can't agree to even go there because the NRA won't let us.
Therein is the heart of the problem. The NRA is a scum sucking organization that lives large off of donations from the suckers who think they give two shits about your owning a gun. One of the best reads of the day was when Charlie Sykes posted former President George Bush's letter to the NRA dropping out of the organization. Even back then he understood the problem.
The worst part is, the legislation was in place following Reagan being shot. It took several years (1994) with the support of the Brady Bill from both parties. It was common sense legislation that unfortunately had a sunset provision in 2004. One can only imagine where we would be today if that bill had still been in place.
Again, nothing wrong with trying to make schools safer, but until we get past the idea that more guns are the answer, we'll keep burying American's in record numbers. And one final shout out to all those brave American politicians scheduled to speak at the NRA's gun show this weekend. Just a scant distance away from the tragedy and yet there they go, insuring they get their yearly stipend from the gun manufacturers who are selling more guns than ever. Shameful. Freaking shameful.
This could plausibly work on a school with one large building, and no windows: what good does this do on an open-campus design with windows? My K-12 took place in such environments: my elementary school now has a high metal fence and security doors, but if someone really wanted to get in they could. As far as I know my middle and high schools are still open campuses, with multiple buildings - sort of like a junior college.
What does a single entry mean for fire safety, or from it being used as a choke-point?
How will the need to use the bathroom work: will every classroom now need a toilet and sink?
Turning schools into fortresses or prisons screams the opposite of freedom.
And again to note: the "law abiding citizens" line ignores that all sorts of things are banned for law abiding citizens to own/purchase after someone abuses them. We absolutely could ban the sale of such weapons going forward, and even require mandatory gun buy backs if we really wanted to do so.
Like any conservative, I'm sure the govt is capable of building, installing and maintaining all these man traps around schools. Shouldn't be any mishaps at all. Or maybe a few? But I'm sure child deaths resulting from mantrap malfunctions will be ... like... less than 1000 maybe.
And the children who are killed or maim will be the least fit to survive. The dummies and what not. Proof that evolution is true... hold on...
Maybe the US should just abort all new borns.- Look problem solved (and in less than 500 words)
So much bullcrap just to get around the fact that you won't give up your guns no matter how many kids are killed.