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Bush calls for summit to address school violence
The Washington Times ^ | October 3, 2006 | NA

Posted on 10/03/2006 12:40:22 PM PDT by neverdem

    RENO, Nev. (AP) -- The Bush administration will host a conference next week to discuss the recent rash of school violence across the country, the White House said yesterday.


    Presidential spokeswoman Dana Perino said the conference will bring together education and law-enforcement officials to talk about the nature of the problem and federal action that can help communities prevent violence and deal with its aftermath.


    Three schools have been hit by deadly attacks in the past week, the latest attack coming yesterday in Pennsylvania's Amish country.


    "The president is deeply saddened and troubled by the recent school violence and shootings that have taken place in different communities across America," Mrs. Perino said. "It breaks America's collective heart when innocent children who are at school to learn are violently taken hostage and cut down in their own schools."


    Mrs. Perino said the conference was still in the planning stages, so a specific date, location and other details were not ready to be announced. It was not clear whether President Bush would attend.


    Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Bush domestic policy adviser Karl Zinsmeister met yesterday at the White House to discuss the conference.

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To: AngryJawa

Ditto that.


61 posted on 10/03/2006 2:34:24 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Why is the War on Terror being managed by the DEFENSE Department?)
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To: sam_paine

How else is this going to be resolved? Bad guys don't follow the law. They will get guns.


62 posted on 10/03/2006 2:34:28 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: FreeInWV
I watched the press conference by the police in PA and was so impressed with the demeanor of the speaker. He had information, he was serious and composed and extremely articulate. Made me proud. He answered the media's idiotic questions with dignity.

Too bad Rendell was along side, but then he had to be there.

I have such profound sorrow for those families and their community.

63 posted on 10/03/2006 2:45:51 PM PDT by OldFriend (Should we wait for them to come and kill us again? President Karzai 9/26/06)
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To: CindyDawg
How else is this going to be resolved?

I agree that teachers (or someone that's a good guy) should be toting.

However, you're talking about fixing the problem (of kids getting killed.)

I'm talking about fixing the problem (of political factions pushing for political action.)

Unfortunately, politicians focus on the latter question, which is rarely if ever related to the former issue that you are concerned about (e.g. actually preventing kids from being killed.)

64 posted on 10/03/2006 2:48:02 PM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: sam_paine
We're conservatives. We wait for the press and the 'progressives' to move their agendas forward.

Armed concealed carry in schools by citizens and staff is legal in Utah. The larger high and middle schools have armed district police on staff. It isn't a surefire solution, but it's a whole lot better than sitting duckland.

65 posted on 10/03/2006 2:48:59 PM PDT by glock rocks ( What does a Marine sniper feel when he shoots a terrorist? ... Recoil.)
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To: neverdem
Presidential spokeswoman Dana Perino said the conference will bring together education and law-enforcement officials to talk about the nature of the problem and federal action that can help communities prevent violence and deal with its aftermath.

With all due respect, this is a state issue. The Imperial Federal Government should butt out.

66 posted on 10/03/2006 3:05:00 PM PDT by upchuck (Q:Why does President Bush support amnesty for illegal aliens? A:Read this: http://tinyurl.com/nyvno)
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To: sam_paine
Teacher caught with gun at school (Female carrying pistol for protection from ex-husband)
67 posted on 10/03/2006 3:06:31 PM PDT by Mini-14
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To: Mini-14

This is one teacher that should not have had a gun at school IMO


68 posted on 10/03/2006 3:09:39 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: neverdem

Check this out.

Press release from the family of Duane Morrison
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5039282,00.html

...nothing about the contents of the letter but lots of talk around it. Another report says that the creep mentioned childhood abuse and suicide in the letter, but the letter was 14 pages long. And we know that private matters of all families should be monitored by social workers and psychs. to catch monsters early in their lives (not).

If Morrison and Roberts intended simply to murder the kids, they would have murdered many more. Each of them told the police to "back off." They were hostage takers, and they wanted the world to listen to whatever contemporary beef they had with "society." That's what hostage takers do. The murders were twisted contingency plans, carried out after newer tactics for hostage situations were employed (To burn up--jargon--or to crowd the perpetrators and fire at them as quickly as possible. The old way was to have some smoothie talk them into drowsiness, given their peaked state of excitement immediately after taking hostages. Tactical positions were sought during that process.).

And the sexual "aids," publications of intentions to "molest" and the like, presented the day after each of the hostage/murder crimes? ...unprecedented with hostage takers, as far as I know.

So what was the beef for each of those monsters? Have we heard all of the details? Or did the creeps have no complaints against other classes of people, and each of the crimes is the beginning of some sort of world "Prince of Darkness" (movie) trend--an "apocalypse" of some sort?

Which...?


69 posted on 10/03/2006 3:18:29 PM PDT by familyop
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To: CindyDawg

That was the one teacher who needed it the most -- get off it Dawg.


70 posted on 10/03/2006 3:18:46 PM PDT by Mini-14
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To: Joe Brower
An Armed Citizen, Is A Safe Citizen!

The Second Amendment...
America's Only Homeland Security!

Be Ever Vigilant!

71 posted on 10/03/2006 3:23:27 PM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: CindyDawg
Bad guys don't follow the law. They will get guns.

Absolutely. BGs in the old USSR had guns, BGs in "gun free" Japan have guns, BGs in the UK have guns even though handguns are totally banned, and BGs in the US will always have guns even after all law abiding Americans have been denied their constitutional right to have guns.

What's so hard to understand about criminals and guns? Criminals are by definition people who do NOT obey laws, and certainly not laws that would take away the tools of their trade.

72 posted on 10/03/2006 3:24:01 PM PDT by epow ("An unarmed man can only flee evil, and evil is never stopped by fleeing from it." ...Jeff Cooper)
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To: CindyDawg
"This is one teacher that should not have had a gun at school IMO"

...agreed. I saw some perpetually mad and socially confused teachers and administrators in public schools. If they're armed, the students should also be armed.
73 posted on 10/03/2006 3:30:46 PM PDT by familyop (Essayons)
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To: glock rocks; Mini-14

Sweet! The only responses I got to my post on this subject were from "glock rocks" and "Mini-14"!!!!


74 posted on 10/03/2006 4:08:10 PM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: Brilliant
The media should substitute the word "whorehouse" for "schoolhouse" whenever these incidents occur, and the copycats will soon be attacking the wrong place.

You damn betcha. They'll be getting shot with a .32 automatic, or cut with a straight razor.

75 posted on 10/03/2006 4:45:45 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (Why isn't there an "NRA" for the rest of my rights?)
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To: blackie

An Armed Citizen, Is A Safe Citizen!

The Second Amendment...
America's Only Homeland Security!

Be Ever Vigilant!





molon labe

76 posted on 10/03/2006 4:45:53 PM PDT by glock rocks ( What does a Marine sniper feel when he shoots a terrorist? ... Recoil.)
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To: Joe Brower
>>>>>"It will be interesting to see what this turns out to be"<<<<<

I hate Politics and that is all that this is, not Leadership or Vision, this is a reaction that should be beneath him, he has people that do this for a living, it was the reason that they were hired.

As far as Kerry, Hildibeast or our Savior of the Planet and Inventor of the Internet "ALGORE" only 38% of the population support them, which is almost the identical percentage that support Islamofacists and hate Christmas. Go Figure.

TT
77 posted on 10/03/2006 4:54:37 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET)
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To: neverdem

"Bush calls for summit to address school violence"

Which will do about as much for preventing school violence as burying a black cat at midnight will do for curing warts.

(with my apologies to PJ O'Rourke)

Large groups of unarmed people have always attracted terrorists and psychopaths. Until we change the large groups or unarmed part of that dynamic, or both, we can expect the violence to continue.


78 posted on 10/03/2006 5:24:17 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: neverdem; paulcissa
Here is an appropriate response that another freeper posted to me:

"I had this argument with a co-worker yesterday. He's not a full-on-liberal, but doesn't believe guns belong in school. So I challenged him to define exactly what could have prevented a person bent on killing innocent children from being successful in this case? The whole lunchroom went silent. I didn't need to drive it any harder. 35 people in the room; no answers but one. "A teacher trained and authorized to carry a firearm in the classroom". This answer from a young female employee of the catering company.

Some people "get it"; most don't."

34 posted on 10/03/2006 8:38:51 AM PDT by paulcissa (Only YOU can prevent liberalism.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]

Perhaps this is the time to drive home the uselessness of "gun free zones" and start the dialogue regards armed and trained, licensed to carry teachers, similar to airline pilots who wish to carry.

79 posted on 10/03/2006 6:44:17 PM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: glock rocks

Just a reminder that November 19th is National Ammo Day. With the election a dozen days before that, and with Bush holding a Summit on school violence, ...


80 posted on 10/03/2006 7:19:22 PM PDT by kcar (The UN Sucks)
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