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I just don't believe that certain laws regarding gun control will help. Like I said, in the city that is 5 miles away from me they are in the top 10 most dangerous cities in the country. I would venture to say that most of the shootings here are from illegal guns. No law is going to fix that problem. Tehy actually closed my kids' schools tomorrow due to a threat. It was an unfounded threat, but they are not taking any chances.
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Yeah, I might have missed it but in NONE of the articles, new stories or media coverages of ANY gun related masscure did I read that the shooter was a law abiding citizen.
Laws help those people who choose to follow them......not those who choose to live by their own.Comment
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I have not read every previous response, but I heard this today, and wanted to share.
When the terrorists attacked our planes on 911, we trained and armed pilots, and added an armed Marshall on flights. No one seems to have an issue with that, and we have not had more attacks since then. People are less likely to cause problems if they know they will be stopped.Comment
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Exactly. These mass shooters target places where they KNOW will not have anyone armed. I think that a school should just put a sign out front saying "our teachers are armed". Maybe have 1 or 2 here and there armed just to keep some nutjob guessing and see if they want to take the chance.Comment
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Actually no I wouldn't have kept my kids home. Many many parents here are mad that they closed school today. Everyone in our whole area like 5 counties wide are just totally flipping out seriously. It is ALL you hear about on the news. None of the reports from any of the schools have been anything serious and they can't track where they came from or if they're even true. Alot of kids are saying things just to get the extra day off before Christmas. They are playing off the fears of CT. The thing is our sons school has 4 security guys and 1 police officer liason. We have all the security measures already in place. Cameras, locked doors with buzzers etc. There is absolutelly nothing that will change on January 2 when they go back that they wouldn't be doing today if they had school. My question was, this so called threat has been out there since before CT. So, why was it okay for the kids to go to school all week and not today? What will they do different on January 2 when they go back? Nothing because they already have everything in place. It's just that all of these other counties closed so they were basically pressured to close too. I think it's setting a terrible presidence to these kids that want to goof around. I venture to say that none of these people that shot up schools called ahead and said that they were coming. Bottom line is I have faith in the security of our school. I know that they do everything they can every day of the school year, not just when there is an "unsubstantiated" threat.
Phew, sorry I'm a little wound up about this. My kids were ticked that they couldn't go to school today. My daughter had a fun day planned and my son had 3 tests that he was supposed to take. Now he's got to wait 2 weeks to remember everything for those tests.Comment
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Is anyone else watching the NRA's press conference now? They have offered to fund and put together a program to keep kids safe at schools with trained officers, procedures, etc. sounds good to me!Comment
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I only saw part of it, but I liked what I heard. I liked the statement that he only way you stop a bad person with a gun is with a good person with a gun. Also would you rather wait what was it 10 minutes for a good guy with a gun or 1 minute for a good guy with a gun. One more was why is it okay for people with guns to protect the president, but not our children. Great point.Comment
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The mall shooting that happened here: the report said they couldn't even find a ticket on the guy. Now that was early in the reports so things may have changed.
Another shooting that happened here: A high schooler shot is parents then went on a rampage at the school.
Sandy Hook: I don't recall them saying that they guy had any type of record either.
So to me it seems like they sometimes just snap!Each day is a fresh start
Never look back on regrets
Live life to the fullest
We only get one shot at this!!
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