There are those who want to take away the RTKBA. There are those who choose to advance political tension.
They are so committed to the ideology these shootings represent opportunity to exploit.
To many everyday folks,a focus on the "thing",the tool,is the easiest.Its the most superficial "instant pudding" remedy.
Many people do not think on the level of Liberty,or the ability to defend themselves.
Particularly to the non-gun folks,the (illusion ) transaction is "I don't even own a gun,and if we give up guns people stop getting killed"
Yet Chicago is,legally,essentially a "gun free zone"
Tom Servo makes a great point. I worked in the public schools 10 years.Every kid knows a pebble on the threshold at the door jam will prevent an outside door from locking.
Many classrooms have exit doors. That makes great sense for fire danger.
Teachers prop those doors open for spring fresh air. And mice,leaves,etc. And killers.
Picture a middle school girls track or softball team out on the field with the coach.The girl's locker room outside door will be propped open so the girls have rest room access. And so does a predator.(After school the public has access to campus)
Yet,on paper,all these schools have a secure limited access school. That goes out the window when its inconvenient.
At this point,by whatever means we agree to,rapid,embedded armed intervention seems the only effective means to minimize casualties.
In the future? I suggest as we develop cities or towns,remember the old "One school section per township" idea.
What if we would co-locate ,on one 160 acre campus,three school buildings,k-12, a police substation,office,etc,an ambulance station,and maybe a fire emergency station.
Along with a park.
These satellite locations may have benefits throughout the community. A train or traffic jam won't compromise response time. The Parks dept maintains the school yard,etc.
And armed response is never more than 200 yds away.
More important,video monitoring can be at a whole new level
Communication tech makes school collocated law enforcement offices feasible,for now.
We still need to address "Why do people kill each other"
And that means very uncomfortable challenges and conversations about dehumanization and respect for human life. The family. Fathers,. Spirituality.
Etc.
Maybe not here,but where?
We have been socially engineered into something that does not work.
By the "Experts" in charge. We need a change. What has been viewed as "Progress" is maybe "Not so much"
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Another topic:
I'm giving them a *lot* of benefit of the doubt with the "perhaps subconsciously" qualifier; I actually don't think it's subconscious at all; I think it's deliberate and they are that evil. And then they blame us for it. But I could be wrong.
I do not believe these killers can be engineered as a conspiracy. That would be nuts.
But we have seen,and are discovering,how agencies can be corrupted for politics.
I don't necessarily believe that every "dropped ball" (failure to prevent the preventable) is an accident. Slipping through the cracks and bureaucratic incompetence come with plausible deniability.
A school shooting that is prevented comes with no political fuel and no sensational media. "Drop the ball" and it may change an election with the passions.
Yes,I'm that cynical,and yes,I believe the lives of kids would be sacrificed for a political campaign.
IMO,Fast and Furious was about sacrificing lives a Mexican people to push anti-gun law. I have no faith in any limit of what evil politics will do.
Florida? Texas? Red?Blue? No accusations. Lets be vigilant.
