Posted on 12/11/2007 4:50:40 PM PST by charles m
LAS VEGAS - Six junior high or high school students were shot Tuesday after they got off a school bus, and two were critically hurt, police said.
Gunshots rang out in northeast Las Vegas just before 2 p.m., Officer Bill Cassell said.
Six young people were transported to area hospitals. Four had minor gunshot injuries and two were in critical condition, Cassell said.
At least two people are believed to have taken part in the shootings, he said. Police were not saying whether the shooting suspects were on foot or in a vehicle.
The shooting occurred less than a mile from two elementary schools, Woolley and Clyde Cox Elementary Schools. A Clark County School District official said the schools were not closed.
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Associated Press writer Kathleen Hennessey contributed to this report.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Six junior high or high school students were shot Tuesday after they got off a school bus, and two were critically hurt, police said.
Gunshots rang out in northeast Las Vegas just before 2 p.m., Officer Bill Cassell said.
Six young people were transported to area hospitals. Four had minor gunshot injuries and two were in critical condition, Cassell said.
At least two people are believed to have taken part in the shootings, he said. Police were not saying whether the shooting suspects were on foot or in a vehicle.
There is merit in this method of dealing with the media hungry monsters that are prowling these days. Instead, our current entertainment mocks leaders in our society. If Conen O'Brian and others were to focus on belittling the cowards murdering innocent people, these misfits might avoid the spotlight instead of wanting to go out as a counter-culture hero as they see themselves
Well, if this ever happens I sure hope someone is paying attention to who is being hired as bus drivers. And, makes sure they are properly trained to use those guns.
The best thing to do, IMHO, is to get as many people as possible licensed with CCW. People who have no intention of carrying, even people opposed to the idea. We want to reach a critical mass of liberty.
One good idea would be for shooting ranges to offer gift specials, with the training class and all required paperwork. The local Sheriff’s Department could arrange for official fingerprinting at the range following completion of the course, and then accept applications. For a little fee.
We’d give these CCW gift packs to our wives, girlfriends, sisters, moms, friends, etc. “That’s worth $200, honey, don’t let it go to waste.” And from guilt they would learn the skills and wisdom of CCW.
Criminals going to Vegas from Cal? Another big plus for Cal.
Thanks for waiting to post this inane garbage on this thread and not on the threads about the Colorado shooter.
The PD has a gang unit. Not the school. We now return you to your regularly scheduled 3 Stooges episode.
You may have missed the story over the weekend.
Lemme change a couple of words, apply it to the story on this thread and see if it rings a bell.
Now if he had gone off the deep end, everyone could point to the fact that he had been in public shool, which was actually a result of his problems not the cause of them. It would paint a very inaccurate, unflattering picture of public schoolers and be used with glee by those who wish to bash it.
Hmmmm.
[When it comes to public schools it appears many on this forum do not have an open mind, which is a shame.]
As long as public schools can force Ritalin and other mind altering drugs on kids without parental notification, the schools will be lousy .
I have read all of the posts and have come to one conclusion.
Rather than bash public schools or extol homeschool virtues, I am going to pray for those who were affected, the families of the children who are in critical condition and for the police to nab those who did this to children.
I think that in our rushes to point fingers, we have forgotten one very important thing: some children, young children, have been seriously hurt and need some serious help.
And I would caution you to be careful in automatically assuming that when somebody dismisses something you find worthy of consideration he does so because he finds it "uncomfortable". It IS possible to disagree with you without suffering from neurotic anxiety, strange as that may seem. And it's possible to argue for a conjecture without calling one's opponents mental health into question. No, really, it is......
Strat:
Thanks for the 411 on GHWB's tats. I wonder what his rap name is.
Some folks are convinced that they are the last word on sanity, geopolitical reality, spirituality, geology, geography, space, Christianity, Conspiracies, . . .
even though their main claim to fame seems to be a massive collection of throwing rocks and lots of practice.
Skepticism can be healthy to a point.
Making of it a god and an obsessive habit is not my idea of a great way to assess reality or a great way to live.
The public school system has given us the modern day social and political realities of America today.
As one who once worked in education, I am appalled at how totally the pursuit of the end of America, and the manner in which the achievements, ideals, values, pride and dignity of Western Civilization are so thoroughly demeaned in all of public education, both normal and higher.
Were it to fall apart and crash burning to the ground, this country would be the greater for it.
It is no longer an asset, but a public disgrace. - Abolish it, in toto.
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Far too much truth in what you say.
Ritalin is a controlled substance that cannot even be called in by the doctor, but the prescription must be hand carried by the parent to the pharmacy. Please cite an example where a school district diagnosed, purchased, and administered a controlled substance to a child.
What a massively impressive achievement . . .
pontificated proscriptions of perceived silliness
by
a paragon preacher of proliferating proud protesting silliness.
Ahhhh welll . . . in due course . . . the TRUTH will OVERTLY REIGN UNIMPEDED, UNCHALLENGED.
HOWEVER,
the FEDERAL MANDATES
coupled with
the massive mind bending propaganda at the teaching of teachers Univs; news media, entertainment media . . . Wash, DC, . . .
have left K-PhD institutions as mostly mind controlling factories of robots for hell.
This shooter is merely the logical, spiritual result of such mind-bending projects birthed in hell and managed reasonably well by the NWO for many decades.
Yes, they are trying to win America no matter the cost.
The price may be to high for them to handle in the end.
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Only because of GOD ALMIGHTY.
He alone has the power to neutralize and destroy them and all their very calculated evil.
And THAT IS scheduled as Revelation makes abundantly clear.
However, 1/3 to 2/3rds of the global population will be dead between now and then.
Thankfully, when all is said and done, all memory of them will also be erased.
LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED.
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