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You just don't get it. Little children are at risk of being picked off by a sniper. Maybe the sniper is long gone, but the fear is real and palpable and kids are the last thing that should be used to prove a point. They aren't your soldiers.

The state won't shut down, and you overdramatize when you act like that is what is happening. Sorry we aren't double-dog daring the guy to come pick off a few little ones to prove how brave we are.

But I bet you a Richmonder gets this guy and takes him down.If I had the chance, I'd do it myself.

Sorry we aren't double-dog daring the guy to come pick off a few little ones to prove how brave we are.

WTG, Sarah! This Mom's behind you 100%.

You just don't get it. Little children are at risk of being picked off by a sniper. Maybe the sniper is long gone, but the fear is real and palpable and kids are the last thing that should be used to prove a point. They aren't your soldiers.

Don't you think it is better to take steps to protect the kids so they can go to school? If they are this worth protecting (and of course they are), then is it worth putting a plan in place to protect them.

Certainly it can be done.

No, I do get it. Little children are at risk of meningitis, W. Nile, Lyme disease, being hit in the head by a fastball, neck broken during football, diving, etc. The children have a much higher risk of dying in a car crash on the way to school than being shot by the sniper.

Did they not have school in MD last week? Yet no kids targeted since the one school shooting.

I'm thinking long-term, not just about tomorrow. If you think the terrorists are not being tempted to adopt the sniper technique by what has happened so far, and overreactions, than you are in a serious case of denial.

Its horrible, its sad, its angering, I take no joy in typing this, wishing that I was completely wrong. But wishing doesn't make the problem change or go away. Sooner or later we'll have to go about our daily lives, and that includes educating our children as they grow into adults. There are ways to better protect kids without total withdrawal. Again, what are you going to do if the sniper isn't caught in the next month, or year, or other snipers appear? What about if terror acts begin happening with the frequency of those in Israel? A very real possibility. Do Israeli children still go to school? Do their parents love them?