Posted on 02/20/2018 9:12:59 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Not only is it hard to imagine the anger and grief the families of those killed by Nikolas Cruz are in at their Florida high school; it is impossible. We can sympathize and empathize, ache for their loss and be grateful that our own children were not there, and then feel guilty for being relieved that our children are safe.
An event like this one focuses all parents and grandparents like laser beams on their own young people. That such a thing has happened yet again in our country is unacceptable, and yet it happened...again. Despite years of flashing neon lights that this boy was not only mentally ill, but potentially dangerous, he apparently had no formal record of mental illness. Even though he had been told he could not enter his school with a backpack and was later expelled, even though the police had visited his home thirty-nine times between 2011 and 2018, he was able to buy that AR-15 at age 18! Even though we have laws meant to prevent persons who are mentally ill from acquiring guns, this kid passed a background check!
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Israel learned the hard way. A terrorist school shooting forty years ago took the lives of over a hundred elementary school children. Since then, any school in Israel with a hundred students or more has armed guards and staff with concealed weapons. Why do we in America value our air travelers, our congresspeople, celebrities, the employees and contents of all public buildings, museums, etc. more than we treasure our schoolchildren? Given the world we now inhabit, it seems that our schools would and should have the best security available today. Those of us with little Ring doorbell cameras on our front porches have more security than most of our schools.
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Israelis are the survival mode. Congress is in the next reelection mode. All talk and no action.
President Trump should issue an Executive Order that all school must has TSA airport security to enter building, one entrance point only, armed guards there and throughout the building. Done. Just like Israel.
That costs money but would likely save lives. How much are the kids worth?
If the author is referring to the Ma'alot massacre, only 31 Israeli's died (22 children), though over 100 were held hostage. The Yamam special police unit was formed as a result.
There Is Only One Sure Way to Stop School Shootings (Israel had the solution years ago)
Israel solves problems. We on the other hand wring our hands until the news cycle is over and move on.
I kid you not-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5412825/Aunt-advises-parents-children-doorstops.html
There are probably many ways. The best solution for south Chicago is probably different than the best solution for rural Alabama. And the solution for one probably won’t work in the other for a lot of reasons.
It should be left to school districts and states until/unless we find a solution that works for all types of US schools. Federal “solutions” to local problems almost never work. Feds can certainly help different schools in different ways, but cannot offer solutions that do anything more than make people feel good (at least at this time).
The sting of truth amen.
A thing of beauty!!
George Washington urged the Continental Congress to adopt the Swiss firearm & security system, and cited not only its success, but the psychological benefits to the teen aged boys, who were issued military grade firearms in the home, in being given a major responsibility for the safety of their people. The contrast to present day America--where teenage boys are not trained or even treated as having traditional male responsibility--is stark.
I do not think the Swiss system or teaching traditional male roles, would necessarily have prevented the alienated rage of the very mixed up shooter in Florida; but it might have intimidated him into not acting out, as he did. It would very likely have significantly reduced the number of these terrible incidents over the past quarter century.
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President Trump should issue an Executive Order that all school must has TSA airport security to enter building, one entrance point only, armed guards there and throughout the building. Done. Just like Israel.
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Why not just build out the side of all the prisons around the country...same effect.
Great. Kids are ‘protected’, but does *NOTHING* to stop the Leftists when the next Pulse Nightclub (IE: public massacre) happens
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5412825/Aunt-advises-parents-children-doorstops.html
Arm the teachers and administrative staff, make sure they know how to use them, and take down those stupid ‘Gun Free School Zone’ signs. That is the only solution to the school shootings, like it or not liberals..
“Israelis are the survival mode. Congress is in the next reelection mode. All talk and no action.”
All talk.....with a purpose....and not a good one....right or left.
What are you suggesting to protect schools?
You brought up a good point here. These kids are real quiet when their peers bully a kid so bad until they commit suicide but are real vocal when their asses are in danger.
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