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To: Kaslin; Lazamataz
Laz's take on how this incident happened:

Spread it far and wide...

2 posted on 02/20/2018 6:59:25 AM PST by null and void ("If you see something say something." "If we say something *DO* something!!!")
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“The Florida campus reportedly had an armed officer onsite, though this officer never encountered Cruz during the shooting.”

If he were unarmed, he would have just been another victim if he had run into the shooter.


4 posted on 02/20/2018 7:03:20 AM PST by LouieFisk
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Broward County (Parkland school district), used to lead the state in sending students to the juvenile justice system.

The perfect progressive solution? “artificially lower arrest stats by NOT making arrests.”

Pressure came from “multiple sources: reduce the “racist” disparity of serial black and Hispanic arrests and almost non-existent white and Asian student arrests.


Sure, 17 kids died.....but the most important thing is liberals still “feel good” about themselves.


6 posted on 02/20/2018 7:08:05 AM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 Trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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This is the best meme/graphic I’ve seen on this tragedy yet! I’ve seen calls for gun control, calls for better mental health service, calls to bring God back into schools, and calls for parents to parent better.
The calls for better parenting frustrate me. From everything I’ve read, this guy’s parents were older when they adopted him and his brother. Who knows if their bio-parents were mentally healthy or did things that damaged the boys while pregnant? Their dad died ten years ago. So they were being raised by an older, widowed lady. That is not ideal, especially for a boy, but not really “poor” parenting.
She was obviously having trouble, needed help, and was reaching out for it by calling the police. I mean, an older woman against one or two younger, stronger males isn’t likely to win!
She called the police over and over.. and that’s where the ball was dropped as far as I’m concerned. That’s where we need to start looking at what changes to laws should be made, if any. An obvious one, to me, is to repeal the school district policy and inform the police/mental health professionals about the problems at school. Those issues, in addition to the numerous calls to police from his home should have resulted in something happening long, long ago!
Police shouldnt come to your house 30+ times, or 20+ times. After 5 or 10 times, that’s all the signs you need! “Incorrigible” used to be a thing, right? I say we bring it back!


18 posted on 02/20/2018 8:26:49 AM PST by BeckyRoss
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Very little of what this man ( he is an adult...and should be treated as such) did prior to the shooting was illegal. He was a weirdo. But being a weirdo is not against the law.

He did not shot these people because he had a gun.


27 posted on 02/20/2018 3:54:37 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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