KristinSchmistin
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Was this posted already? Shooters mom brags about Arsenal of firearms online-
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/natio...agged-weapons-online-report-article-1.2383689
Honestly she seems like a complete moron- like the newtown mom. The last thing her son needed was access to firearms.
On CNN on Saturday (smerconish show) a psychologist was a guest who talked about mass shooters- there are very specific red flags in these cases and four things all mass shooters have in common are:
1) History of violence/being violent. In any way (against people, animals, inanimate objects) even if no police involvement
2) Substance abuse of any kind.
3) Past trauma
4) Access to guns
So this specifically is what we need to be looking out for as parents, educators, concerned citizens. Another psychologist called the mass shooter mindset "revenge of the nobody" which is also true.
Both cautioned that it was irresponsible to blame it on mental health or guns and that it is necessary to watch for those four characteristics in someone - and that there are always always always red flags before it happens.
And other countries have been able to stop mass shootings entirely so there is no reason we can't as well. It just takes a multi-disciplinary approach and we can't rely on only one thing (like mental health laws or gun laws) to magically solve this.
In the meantime... I think one good precautionary measure we can take is to help protect students on college campuses is to have their state police take the roll of campus security. I went to SUNY Buffalo (UB) and the New York State police are "campus security"- they (state police) formed a division in the seventies (when all the college riots happened I think) called "state university police" to patrol all of the state school campuses- they even have barracks on campus with holding cells, etc.
This whole epidemic of mass shootings will involve a multi faceted approach to stop, but one thing we can do while we get it figured out is have local police agencies help secure campuses.
Some grade schools have school resource officers - who are officers with a local police agency in that area- IMO every school (elementary, middle school, high school) should have one. They are highly trained to deal with crisis situations obviously and combine that they are certified and trained to use a firearm if need be.
So again we need may different things to stop mass shootings but this can help keep things safer if at all possible in the meantime.
Edited to add: I also think every school- elementary thru college- needs to do "emergency action drills" - much like fire drills- only you practice the emergency plan for a mass shooting situation.
Schools can be equipped with things to aid escape- like second floor classrooms can be outfitted with those emergency chain ladders you can escape from a window with, the classroom doors can be fabricated going forward with better deadbolts/locking bars, a steel/alloy core that would protect from gun fire. There are even security systems (like the one in my house lol) that have a phone/intercom/wired and wireless camera system built in so if the system is tripped, the security and 911 call center can beam in directly through the system to talk to you and get a good audio/visual assessment of the situation - even if you can't talk- they can see and hear what is going on to dispatch the right emergency responders (fire or police or emt or swat teams etc) to your location.
I think these things may help save lives in a crisis.
Sent from my not so humble opinion.
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/natio...agged-weapons-online-report-article-1.2383689
Honestly she seems like a complete moron- like the newtown mom. The last thing her son needed was access to firearms.
On CNN on Saturday (smerconish show) a psychologist was a guest who talked about mass shooters- there are very specific red flags in these cases and four things all mass shooters have in common are:
1) History of violence/being violent. In any way (against people, animals, inanimate objects) even if no police involvement
2) Substance abuse of any kind.
3) Past trauma
4) Access to guns
So this specifically is what we need to be looking out for as parents, educators, concerned citizens. Another psychologist called the mass shooter mindset "revenge of the nobody" which is also true.
Both cautioned that it was irresponsible to blame it on mental health or guns and that it is necessary to watch for those four characteristics in someone - and that there are always always always red flags before it happens.
And other countries have been able to stop mass shootings entirely so there is no reason we can't as well. It just takes a multi-disciplinary approach and we can't rely on only one thing (like mental health laws or gun laws) to magically solve this.
In the meantime... I think one good precautionary measure we can take is to help protect students on college campuses is to have their state police take the roll of campus security. I went to SUNY Buffalo (UB) and the New York State police are "campus security"- they (state police) formed a division in the seventies (when all the college riots happened I think) called "state university police" to patrol all of the state school campuses- they even have barracks on campus with holding cells, etc.
This whole epidemic of mass shootings will involve a multi faceted approach to stop, but one thing we can do while we get it figured out is have local police agencies help secure campuses.
Some grade schools have school resource officers - who are officers with a local police agency in that area- IMO every school (elementary, middle school, high school) should have one. They are highly trained to deal with crisis situations obviously and combine that they are certified and trained to use a firearm if need be.
So again we need may different things to stop mass shootings but this can help keep things safer if at all possible in the meantime.
Edited to add: I also think every school- elementary thru college- needs to do "emergency action drills" - much like fire drills- only you practice the emergency plan for a mass shooting situation.
Schools can be equipped with things to aid escape- like second floor classrooms can be outfitted with those emergency chain ladders you can escape from a window with, the classroom doors can be fabricated going forward with better deadbolts/locking bars, a steel/alloy core that would protect from gun fire. There are even security systems (like the one in my house lol) that have a phone/intercom/wired and wireless camera system built in so if the system is tripped, the security and 911 call center can beam in directly through the system to talk to you and get a good audio/visual assessment of the situation - even if you can't talk- they can see and hear what is going on to dispatch the right emergency responders (fire or police or emt or swat teams etc) to your location.
I think these things may help save lives in a crisis.
Sent from my not so humble opinion.
