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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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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
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Without heavyweights exposing the fallacy of gun control, this could be real bad news.
1 posted on 10/03/2006 12:40:23 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

They better invite Wayne LaPierre or Chris Cox.


2 posted on 10/03/2006 12:42:45 PM PDT by kerryusama04 (Isa 8:20, Eze 22:26)
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To: neverdem

Maybe not. It sounds like they are going to discuss security. Teachers allowed to carry may come out of this.


3 posted on 10/03/2006 12:44:09 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: neverdem

Bah, just what we need.....a useless "summit".

What we need it to devolve more control to local schools so they can be responsible for their students safety as opposed to federal mandates.


4 posted on 10/03/2006 12:46:08 PM PDT by Dreagon
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To: neverdem

It would be best to cancel this fiasco and send his sincere prayers to the Amish community in PA.

He should not let people attempt to exploit this. He would not be president if not for the Amish turnout for him.


5 posted on 10/03/2006 12:46:37 PM PDT by FreeInWV
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To: Joe Brower
BANG! Someone needs to invite Dave Kopel, Don Kates and Gary Kleck.
6 posted on 10/03/2006 12:47:07 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: neverdem

This is just speak for gun control.


7 posted on 10/03/2006 12:48:06 PM PDT by kenn5
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To: neverdem

He's just responding to recent news events. I'm not impressed.

A bit worried, in fact, that this president, who made his support of the assault weapons ban part of his election strategy, would even open this up to the type of publicity sure to come.


8 posted on 10/03/2006 12:48:40 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: neverdem

Most of it is Copy Cat.


9 posted on 10/03/2006 12:49:37 PM PDT by lormand (1 - 10,000,000 people read my posts everyday)
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To: Dreagon

--yep--the initial buzz on it was that "we're spending too much trying to pass the tests so we can't spend anything on security"--


10 posted on 10/03/2006 12:49:38 PM PDT by rellimpank (Don't believe anything about firearms or explosives stated by the mass media---NRABenefactor)
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To: neverdem

It's all being fed by the media. Suicide by school violence is the "in" way to go, if you're depressed. The media should substitute the word "whorehouse" for "schoolhouse" whenever these incidents occur, and the copycats will soon be attacking the wrong place.


11 posted on 10/03/2006 12:49:57 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: neverdem

I say let's throw more money at it and ban guns. That always works. Right? Right?????


12 posted on 10/03/2006 12:51:55 PM PDT by D-Chivas
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To: Brilliant
The more attention is lavished by the media on these tragedies - the more we get copycat psychos.
13 posted on 10/03/2006 12:52:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin ("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
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To: neverdem

Here's a plan: Disolve the Federal Education Commission, Give all education taxes back to the individual States, Privatize education and make it competitive, put schools out to bid on expiring contracts, abolish tenure for teachers, abolish the "can't spank a child" Act, put a curfew on all students for 10:00 pm and punish parents for not being home with them. Ok... maybe a little harsh but you get the idea.


14 posted on 10/03/2006 12:52:56 PM PDT by Integrityrocks
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To: neverdem

In Israel, these crimes do not happen. In Israel, teachers carry guns. Coincidence????


15 posted on 10/03/2006 12:52:58 PM PDT by 2harddrive (...House a TOTAL Loss.....)
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To: neverdem
Several 100 million people a year have countless chances to do what this devoid did but they don't. Someone who is armed and has their mind set to do what this guy did will likely succeed. No amount of summits or meetings will change that.
16 posted on 10/03/2006 12:53:06 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (All your instant messages belong to us!)
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To: Brilliant
You hit the nail right on the head. There has been discussion about that very effect on two other threads on FR just today.
17 posted on 10/03/2006 12:53:33 PM PDT by Joe Brower (The Constitution defines Conservatism. *NRA*)
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To: kenn5

"This is just speak for gun control."

On the contrary, this is speak for being armed.


18 posted on 10/03/2006 12:54:52 PM PDT by Integrityrocks
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To: harpseal; TexasCowboy; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; Shooter 2.5; wku man; SLB; ...
It will be interesting to see what this turns out to be.

Can you imagine a White House occupied by an insipid creature like John Kerry? Surrounded by anti-gun zealots, the Brady Bunch would be operating carte blanche right out of the Oval Office.

The solution to this, of course, is MORAL CHARACTER, something all-too-lacking in our society today. Of course, this optimal solution is also the most difficult to achieve, especially in this emasculated and victimhood-laden age. Figures!

Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!

19 posted on 10/03/2006 12:57:39 PM PDT by Joe Brower (The Constitution defines Conservatism. *NRA*)
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To: isthisnickcool
No amount of summits or meetings will change that.

Agreed. The only thing that will stop this kind of tragedy will be an armed civilian willing to step into harms way to stop the criminal from hurting innocents.

There are maybe 4 people in our Federal Government that would approve of this. The rest of them see our Second Amendment as an obstacle and a bad idea. If they do anything, Congress will only make things worse.

20 posted on 10/03/2006 12:58:56 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (Quam terribilis est haec hora)
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