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There are about 10,000 public schools in the US of assorted sizes. High schools have historically encompassed multiple communities.
It is typically far more cost efficient to operate a large school, than multiple small schools.
Communities can vote to enable their local school district to borrow funds to build and operate smaller community schools and increases in property taxes to fund them, should they desire to do so.
Cost efficiency be damned, kids are better off in smaller groups. Parent involvement would improve and everyone would be more in tune with these problem kids who pose a danger to themselves and others.
Gun laws are certainly more strict than they were 40 years ago--when they are enforced. I would say that since these types of events didn't happen often at all back then that something serious and complicated is affecting the mental health of people in the present day.
We can speculate forever about what is causing this, but this violence has risen to the level of an emergency. Banning certain types of weapons is something we can do quickly as an emergency measure that we know has been effective in other countries.
I guess you can think of it like martial law. If we ever figure out why so many people are going mad and killing each other then perhaps we can lift restrictions one day -- as unlikely as that will be.
So if it's true that this kid used a shotgun and revolver your plan is to ban all guns?
Gun laws are certainly more strict than they were 40 years ago--when they are enforced. I would say that since these types of events didn't happen often at all back then that something serious and complicated is affecting the mental health of people in the present day.
We can speculate forever about what is causing this, but this violence has risen to the level of an emergency. Banning certain types of weapons is something we can do quickly as an emergency measure that we know has been effective in other countries.
I guess you can think of it like martial law. If we ever figure out why so many people are going mad and killing each other then perhaps we can lift restrictions one day -- as unlikely as that will be.
If you are concerned with numbers of dead then start searching street thugs in Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, Gary...and take the illegal hand guns off them. Would save thousands, not hundreds of lives.
All these drugs folks have their kids on from an early age may have something to do with this lunacy, back in the day kids were just behaving like kids........now they have to be pumped with adderall, ritalin and who knows what else. Perhaps that is making kids these days friggin whackos. All I know is Pharma sales must be doing quite well.
Cost efficiency be damned, kids are better off in smaller groups. Parent involvement would improve and everyone would be more in tune with these problem kids who pose a danger to themselves and others.
Santa Fe, Tx has a population of 13,000. Reportedly, everyone knows everyone.
Cost efficiency be damned, kids are better off in smaller groups. Parent involvement would improve and everyone would be more in tune with these problem kids who pose a danger to themselves and others.
I agree with this. I have thought for years anonymity that comes with huge places leads to isolation, a failure to recognize someone with a problem and ability to commit crimes and prepare for crimes unnoticed. Smaller social structures is not a perfect fix, but it is a start.
If you are concerned with numbers of dead then start searching street thugs in Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, Gary...and take the illegal hand guns off them. Would save thousands, not hundreds of lives.
They were snuffed out today because you think your right to bare arms supercedes life itself.
Shotguns and revolvers (the murder weapons in this shooting) are dead LAST on the "guns leftists want to ban" list. There are tens of millions of 'em in circulation.
There is ZERO possibility of revolvers and shotguns going away. Even if they were banned (an impossibility in and of itself) there is ZERO chance of them disappearing off the streets.
You will never shame 2A supporters into giving away their Constitutional Rights because we know we are NOT to blame. Some troubled satanist Greek American kid did the deed and the blame is on HIM.
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