statt#1
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I get it, and I'm not being confrontational either. In fact, I fully understand the multi prong approach needed here, however, I'm a realist. There are few shootings inside U.S. courthouses, in the lobby maybe, out on the sidewalk, maybe, but in the building, nope. Armed security standing, put your goods on the conveyor belt, walk through the garrett detector, get wanded, then enter.I am not in conflict with your reply. I will say that the gun should have never been in his hands. The gun should have never been able to leave his home in his hands. We can try and make schools armed fortresses but shooters are cunning and always planning based on the information on previous shootings. If parents/guardians refuse to secure their weapons, maybe they should not have them. Additionally, if parents/guardians are unwilling to work to keep their kids healthy physically and psychologically, maybe they should not maintain custody of them. Seems to me that responsibility of primary caregivers is taking a back seat to the kind of fortress building we need to have to keep children safe from unsecured guns and families who do not properly care for their children who become violent killers. I work in a school that is a fortress but I, for sure, know that every fortress has an exploitable weak spot. Kids should be cared for and guns should have to be secured. JMHO.
Too much trouble for the students? You tell me. Too expensive? You tell me.
TSA. Shootings past the gates? nada. Shootings on the plane? nada Why? same reason.
That's reality, for me. My opinion, all other argument is moot. Prevent the weaponry from entering the building, and significantly improve the chances of a classroom of kids not being at the mercy of the murderer with the semi automatic rifle, or sword, or knife, or pistol, or whatever. I never understand the argument against it....I just don't get it.
And truth is, myriad parents are unwilling to seek services for themselves or their children, that is another matter, but it is reality. And myriad parents, as these, have "issues" galore, and make poor decisions, and don't lock up their weapons. Who has control of that? Me? You? The next guy down the block? The FBI? How crazy is THAT? The FBI was AT THE HOME.
What we could control, right now, fairly easily, is the flow of weaponry in to the building.
Baffling to me that it isn't done. My opinion, darn near negligent in the grand scope of things.