School shootings...think for a minute (Congress, legal, weapon, high school)
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My high school kid comes home and says "I was talking to Bob today and he says he wants to shoot people in school'. What happens next?
We go to the school and say Bob said he is going to shoot up the school. School calls in Bob's parents and they A) do nothing, B) have in put in a 3 day psych eval and say Bob is very smart and he convinces the psych ward he is ok and gets released to his parents. What next?
Or some homeless guy gets a gun and goes and shoots people in a mall because he's schizophrenic. The police have had several encounters with him but he keeps getting put back out the streets after each arrest. He has no friends or family so there is no one making sure he takes his meds.
We no longer commit people who have mental health issues. Who is going to be the person in the system who makes sure people get the care they are needing? No one. No one is going to. This is why shootings won't stop.
Sad to say, but there could be a mass shooting where half of Congress is murdered or lets say a quarter of Congress in murdered in a mass shooting and nothing will change.
My high school kid comes home and says "I was talking to Bob today and he says he wants to shoot people in school'. What happens next?
We go to the school and say Bob said he is going to shoot up the school. School calls in Bob's parents and they A) do nothing, B) have in put in a 3 day psych eval and say Bob is very smart and he convinces the psych ward he is ok and gets released to his parents. What next?
Report and call the police if you think it is a very legitimate case.
The mass shootings won't stop because it's very, very easy for these crazy people to get a gun.
It really is that simple.
It's also easy to get the chemicals to make a bomb. Get access to a car, or a knife. All of which have been used in "mass killings" in the past.
These mass shootings for the most part are not some "spur of the moment" rage, they are very often well planned out in advance. If you take away one "weapon", a person determined to make a name for themselves or satisfy a grudge will find another way.
But if you take away this one "weapon" you get rid of the 99.9999% of LEGAL gun owners who use their guns responsibly, and in many occasions used it to protect their life or property.
Its even easier for crazy people to walk into a school
So turn the schools into more of a prison? Let’s get rid of windows in classrooms so shooters can’t take shots at kids. Let’s put brick walls around the playgrounds, or even better just end recess so kids can’t be targets.
But heaven forbid we make it harder to have a gun. We can’t make life harder for gun owners.
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