School shootings on the rise

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Chicks

OMG. Armed Sheriff's deputy was on site at the school, did nothing.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/loca...201636649.html

On the very day that Wayne LaPierre again said that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun was a good guy with a gun. How'd that work out?

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by Chicks

OMG. Armed Sheriff's deputy was on site at the school, did nothing.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/loca...201636649.html

The guy is definitely not equipped.

He is not swat.

[finnbow]

In a case that drew comparisons to the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer, a white North Carolina man was found guilty of murder Thursday for gunning down an unarmed 20-year-old black man after complaining about “hoodlums” outside his house.

A jury in Wake County, N.C., deliberated for less than two hours before finding Chad Copley, 40, guilty of premeditated first-degree murder in the shooting death of Kouren Thomas in August 2016.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...med-black-man/

Yet another example of a bad (white) guy with a gun killing a good (black) guy without a gun.

[Pio1980]

It's going to be up to motivated formerly apathetic middle and the upcoming young voters to institute meaningful change for things to eventually improve.

[Oerets]

One can only hope!



Barney

[Oerets]

John Wayne was an actor!

There are Old Cops, there are Bold Cops, there are very few Old Bold Cops!

I don't know enough about just why but at first blush can't fault the office all alone thinking twice before rushing in to the unknown.

By the NRA;'s logic then evryone in the school should have guns.
More guns equal safety.



Barney

[Rajoo]

I don't see why the cop should have been disciplined or (forced to?) retire. This makes a good case for ban on assault weapons. How does anyone have a chance against someone with an assault weapon. Police departments typically send SWAT teams or robots against active armed shooters, not cops with sidearms.

[Oerets]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

I don't see why the cop should have been disciplined or (forced to?) retire. This makes a good case for ban on assault weapons. How does anyone have a chance against someone with an assault weapon. Police departments typically send SWAT teams or robots against active armed shooters, not cops with sidearms.

Like having a History Teacher with a .38 will stop an AR! WTF!



Barney

[CarlV]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

I don't see why the cop should have been disciplined or (forced to?) retire. This makes a good case for ban on assault weapons. How does anyone have a chance against someone with an assault weapon. Police departments typically send SWAT teams or robots against active armed shooters, not cops with sidearms.

What happens if and when a teacher short circuits at school and decides to turn on the students is my question. And if the students have AR15's too?
This whole approach is as lame as the line about if everyone has to have background checks it would mean that the second amendment becomes invalid. You really have to be a dumbass to fall for that one.


It is sad state of affairs these ideas that even 3rd world countries do not employ are even considered at all in the USA.

From Sarah Chadwick, student, of Parkland, Florida: "We should change the names of AR-15s to “Marco Rubio” because they are so easy to buy."

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by CarlV

What happens if and when a teacher short circuits at school and decides to turn on the students is my question. And if the students have AR15's too?
This whole approach is as lame as the line about if everyone has to have background checks it would mean that the second amendment becomes invalid. You really have to be a dumbass to fall for that one.


It is sad state of affairs these ideas that even 3rd world countries do not employ are even considered at all in the USA.

Even Rupert Murdoch agrees.