IggyPride00;1342844 wrote:If people can't even rely on a Kindergarten classroom anymore to assume you are safe then there is no where safe in this country.

A movie theater, meeting your congress person at the grocery store, now this kindergarten classroom.......these are benign places that one would expect reasonably they don't have to be on the lookout for crazed gunmen. Yet these have been the sites of the most recent massacres.

We had guns in the 40's,50's,60's as well, why does it seem only the last 15-20 years that this kind of thing has all the sudden gotten out of hand? Why didn't this used to happen back in the day? It's not like people having access to guns is anything new, yet it seems the problem has gotten alot worse.

jordo212000;1342845 wrote:They need to leave these poor kids alone. Stop interviewing them

IggyPride00;1342844 wrote:If people can't even rely on a Kindergarten classroom anymore to assume you are safe then there is no where safe in this country.

A movie theater, meeting your congress person at the grocery store, now this kindergarten classroom.......these are benign places that one would expect reasonably they don't have to be on the lookout for crazed gunmen. Yet these have been the sites of the most recent massacres.

We had guns in the 40's,50's,60's as well, why does it seem only the last 15-20 years that this kind of thing has all the sudden gotten out of hand? Why didn't this used to happen back in the day? It's not like people having access to guns is anything new, yet it seems the problem has gotten alot worse.

WebFire;1342847 wrote:I haven't see that. What station is doing that? They need to stop.

IggyPride00;1342844 wrote:If people can't even rely on a Kindergarten classroom anymore to assume you are safe then there is no where safe in this country.

A movie theater, meeting your congress person at the grocery store, now this kindergarten classroom.......these are benign places that one would expect reasonably they don't have to be on the lookout for crazed gunmen. Yet these have been the sites of the most recent massacres.

We had guns in the 40's,50's,60's as well, why does it seem only the last 15-20 years that this kind of thing has all the sudden gotten out of hand? Why didn't this used to happen back in the day? It's not like people having access to guns is anything new, yet it seems the problem has gotten alot worse.

Pick6;1342846 wrote:unfortunately, school shootings are nothing new.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting#1700s

jordo212000;1342845 wrote:They need to leave these poor kids alone. Stop interviewing them

IggyPride00;1342844 wrote:If people can't even rely on a Kindergarten classroom anymore to assume you are safe then there is no where safe in this country.

A movie theater, meeting your congress person at the grocery store, now this kindergarten classroom.......these are benign places that one would expect reasonably they don't have to be on the lookout for crazed gunmen. Yet these have been the sites of the most recent massacres.

We had guns in the 40's,50's,60's as well, why does it seem only the last 15-20 years that this kind of thing has all the sudden gotten out of hand? Why didn't this used to happen back in the day? It's not like people having access to guns is anything new, yet it seems the problem has gotten alot worse.

WebFire;1342853 wrote:I read that the school has locked security doors and that he rang a bell to get access?

WebFire;1342853 wrote:I read that the school has locked security doors and that he rang a bell to get access?

gorocks99;1342850 wrote:Off the top of my head I can think of two reasons: a higher urban population now (if someone went crazy in the 50s, there was a better chance it was in a rural setting with fewer people around), and better news coverage. On the whole, violent crime has been on a decline since about 1990 and mass shootings account for < 1% of deaths.

IggyPride00;1342855 wrote:I know they aren't, but I don't think there were nearly as many where large of people died the way it seems now where the goal is as many dead as possible. Other than the University of Texas in the 60's where the guy was snipering people off the tower, large scale shooting like this didn't seem to be as common. I could be wrong though.

Gblock;1342860 wrote:this sounds like most schools...a few have cameras but very few have metal detectors....if you have pistols in your coat you can walk into any school in america...at our school you have to go into the office first but you can easily get in by ringing the bell

Midstate01;1342861 wrote:He had to have rang the bell then showed ID according to a letter the principal sent out earlier this year. Every school in America will be getting metal detectors after this and should have an officer at the school. I know most high schools have the officer in the school now. My high school started doing that after columbine.

It is unlawful to sell or permanently transfer a handgun to any person who is forbidden to possess a handgun, or to a person under 21.


No person, firm, or corporation shall sell or transfer any pistol or revolver unless an application provided by the Commissioner of Public Safety is filled out. There is a 2 week waiting period from the date of the application.


A handgun eligibility certificate, valid for five years, shall be issued by the Commissioner of Public Safety within 60 days after receipt of the National Criminal History Records check from the FBI to a person who may lawfully possess a handgun, who completes a handgun safety course, is fingerprinted, and pays a fee.

Every school in America will be getting metal detectors after this and should have an officer at the school.

Gblock;1342860 wrote:this sounds like most schools...a few have cameras but very few have metal detectors....if you have pistols in your coat you can walk into any school in america...at our school you have to go into the office first but you can easily get in by ringing the bell

SnotBubbles;1342849 wrote:I'm having a hard time reading this knowing my innocent 6 year old is sitting in school, completely unprotected from me right now.

gut;1342866 wrote:Unfortunately, what rent-a-cop has a chance against a guy with multiple guns and body armor?

Pick6;1342864 wrote:May 18, 1927: Bath, Michigan School treasurer Andrew Kehoe, after killing his wife and destroying his house and farm, blew up the Bath Consolidated School by detonating dynamite in the basement of the school, killing 38 people, mostly children. He then pulled up to the school in his Ford car, then set off a truck bomb, killing himself and four others. Only one shot was fired in order to detonate dynamite in the car. This was deadliest act of mass murder at a school in the United States

jordo212000;1342872 wrote:Schools have no $$ as it is. Now they have to have a metal detector and a cop there at all times? In an ideal world, that's great but where do schools find this money?