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zappaman

(20,605 posts)
153. You are most welcome.
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 01:03 PM
Dec 2012

I figured my input is at least as useless as yours, yes?
If not, I can strive harder.

well oddoneout Dec 2012 #1
Agreed... Coyote_Tan Dec 2012 #2
That's true, but what about my daughter? SOL? jillan Dec 2012 #3
your daughter would oddoneout Dec 2012 #11
??? bongbong Dec 2012 #58
But, but, but.... (sputter) MedicalAdmin Dec 2012 #69
"Wolverines" is the 3rd reason gun humpers worship guns bongbong Dec 2012 #77
hopefully oddoneout Dec 2012 #132
Hopefully you'll realize that RW NRA propaganda is nothing but lies later on down your life. baldguy Dec 2012 #139
That guy you responded to.... bongbong Dec 2012 #155
rambo syndrome huh oddoneout Dec 2012 #131
A lot of people are trying to sensationalize what you're saying? baldguy Dec 2012 #140
umm oddoneout Dec 2012 #142
Obviously the solution is gunracks rbixby Dec 2012 #121
ok oddoneout Dec 2012 #133
Yeah, and then if the 2nd or 3rd teacher didn't shoot up the "one" intruder, MichiganVote Dec 2012 #5
nice to see oddoneout Dec 2012 #17
At least I have logical, as opposed to, wishful thinking. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #25
what logical thinking oddoneout Dec 2012 #29
Your "wishful thinking" is the typical Rambo-wannabe shit Zoeisright Dec 2012 #41
i never said anything oddoneout Dec 2012 #43
Have you thought about arming the children? zappaman Dec 2012 #44
Lol! MichiganVote Dec 2012 #54
Duck and cover! MedicalAdmin Dec 2012 #70
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #134
You are most welcome. zappaman Dec 2012 #153
Except.... you are not Rambo and the teacher is not Bruce Willis. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #6
notice i said oddoneout Dec 2012 #21
You didn't watch the video PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #23
ok i get the just of the video. oddoneout Dec 2012 #24
I think the death toll would have been the same. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #27
ok so is your solution oddoneout Dec 2012 #31
No. We need to increase mental health, especially for vets, and decrease availability of firearms. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #35
i was oddoneout Dec 2012 #38
It takes thousands of rounds of serious training in proper training facilities to get proficient PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #55
oddoneout.... gently... Bigmack Dec 2012 #130
what do you oddoneout Dec 2012 #135
How do we fix this? Let's talk about getting rid of the guns. baldguy Dec 2012 #141
ok fine oddoneout Dec 2012 #143
I don't think that policy and safety procedures should be designed ... MedicalAdmin Dec 2012 #73
teachers wouldn't be required oddoneout Dec 2012 #136
So who is going to pay for the huge increase in liability insurance the schools will have to carry? MedicalAdmin Jan 2013 #163
Semi automatic weapons with huge magazines in the hands of a trained killer vs. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #26
oh ok oddoneout Dec 2012 #138
That video was really instructive. Chemisse Dec 2012 #57
That video bears no relation to reality. PavePusher Dec 2012 #110
bullshit PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #116
Well I am a teacher, and when I visualize myself trying to protect my students with a gun, Chemisse Dec 2012 #158
That contrived video scenario is entirely fictional. PavePusher Dec 2012 #109
Oh bullshit. The physical effects of crisis are fact. You are not Rambo. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #114
And yet they fail to live down to your expectations so frequently.... PavePusher Dec 2012 #120
Cute. I have a link to support my stance as well. The intenets rule!! PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #122
Think again.... Bigmack Dec 2012 #12
Thank you for your post. I agree! My daughter is such an amazing teacher, but jillan Dec 2012 #22
Do you think teachers are incapable of learning? PavePusher Dec 2012 #111
It takes thousands of rounds of serious training in proper training facilities to get proficient PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #119
No, it doesn't. PavePusher Dec 2012 #124
Yes, it does..... Bigmack Dec 2012 #146
I'm in the military, and I know police. PavePusher Dec 2012 #157
Different branch of the military, I guess.... Bigmack Dec 2012 #159
Teachers are not the ones with the learning disabilities. Members of the NRA are the ones jillan Dec 2012 #126
so you oddoneout Dec 2012 #137
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory reteachinwi Dec 2012 #30
The MMPI is specifically NOT to be used as you say it is being used. MedicalAdmin Dec 2012 #76
Thanks reteachinwi Dec 2012 #83
Thanks for taking it well. MedicalAdmin Jan 2013 #161
Thank you. SheilaT Dec 2012 #52
"Friendly fire..."... Bigmack Dec 2012 #18
Unload on the person entering the classroom? MedicalAdmin Dec 2012 #68
what a mouthload of horseshit. spanone Dec 2012 #94
That always seems to work when it's scripted and choreographed Speck Tater Dec 2012 #102
The second, third, fourth teachers would have guns, but bluestate10 Dec 2012 #151
In your scenario the teacher is not armed. ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #4
If the staff in the office is armed, that's one thing... but if the gunman hopped the fence in any jillan Dec 2012 #8
Because of course, kids are never in the school office. :eyeroll: MichiganVote Dec 2012 #9
You seem to have misread something. ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #71
Uh huh. Work in a school do you? No, didn't think so. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #96
or simply oddoneout Dec 2012 #19
Watching a lot of John Wayne movies over the holiday are ya? MichiganVote Dec 2012 #28
what oddoneout Dec 2012 #33
Please see post #30 reteachinwi Dec 2012 #37
I propose you suggest something or just get lost. You don't seem to belong here. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #40
Ban assault weapons. Ban pistols. Jail the living shit out of violators DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #46
You watch too many movies. 99Forever Dec 2012 #32
Nice to see someone actually thinking it though. ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #72
Have you ever shot at a target that is reinforced, moving with lots of innocents bluestate10 Dec 2012 #152
You're right to be skeptical, but on the other hand... aikoaiko Dec 2012 #7
Yeah, sure. Maybe they shoudl just ask Scotty to beam them up. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #10
As is their right to negotiate. aikoaiko Dec 2012 #20
Or perhaps upon hearing the shooter break into the school, the teacher A Simple Game Dec 2012 #82
I'm all for secure doors and windows with a good alarm system aikoaiko Dec 2012 #92
If the guns in the classroom program were instituted, I'd give it a week before some angry Squinch Dec 2012 #13
Or a teacher at the end of his/her rope reteachinwi Dec 2012 #34
Really. The whole idea is just as dumb as could be. We have gone completely crazy. Squinch Dec 2012 #45
Institute guns in the classroom in any sane part of the country & watch attendance drop by DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #14
+10^10 reteachinwi Dec 2012 #36
Bullseye. Thanks. (nt) Paladin Dec 2012 #42
I don't think these proposals are calling for the weapon to be locked up. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #15
The armed security/police are already in the schools Lurks Often Dec 2012 #16
Classroom doors need to be secured, sort of like airplane cockpit doors. Remmah2 Dec 2012 #39
Chicago has 2000 police/security officers assigned to their schools. former9thward Dec 2012 #47
Are you suggesting that these officers thwart mass shootings regularly in Chicago? PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #48
The OP seems to think armed security does not work. former9thward Dec 2012 #49
Mother Jones has PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #50
44 out of 62. Ok, now what is the point of that stat? former9thward Dec 2012 #63
I have yet to see proof that officers in Chicago schools have thwarted a mass shooting. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #64
You see how far you have to go when you back yourself into a corner? former9thward Dec 2012 #66
How can anyone remain neutral when children are being murdered? DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #67
So in your mind there are the pro-murder children crowd and those against murdering children. former9thward Dec 2012 #84
I think you may have meant to reply to someone else. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #87
Your post: former9thward Dec 2012 #88
Yes, guns are murder weapons. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #89
Cut the poster some slack. MedicalAdmin Dec 2012 #78
What do you think President Obama thinks of the Chicago sitution? former9thward Dec 2012 #85
I really don't know. MedicalAdmin Jan 2013 #162
Perhaps the point was in response to your post. A Simple Game Dec 2012 #79
What did I back away from? former9thward Dec 2012 #86
The later instance is in my post and the former is linked below. A Simple Game Dec 2012 #90
I see a pattern also. former9thward Dec 2012 #91
The first mention of gangs was in post #47, by you. A Simple Game Dec 2012 #93
Nice try at moving the goal posts. former9thward Dec 2012 #95
did not work @ Columbine CO lunasun Dec 2012 #61
I commented on the Chicago sitution. former9thward Dec 2012 #65
Which we finally got under control by ... getting the guns out of school. ieoeja Dec 2012 #75
So are you saying armed cops are no longer needed in Chicago schools? former9thward Dec 2012 #156
You make the typical NRA argument mistake. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #154
Getting guns in the classroom Turbineguy Dec 2012 #51
Bingo!! Yep! Because there is no way having armed teachers is going to save lives. jillan Dec 2012 #59
+100 lunasun Dec 2012 #60
and if she does get the gun, is she going to fire over the kids risking they get hit with friendly appleannie1 Dec 2012 #53
Only if she is hiding behind the students. ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #74
Children, and this may surprise you, move about. MedicalAdmin Dec 2012 #80
Congratulations. That is a good assessment ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #81
She will ask the "bad guy" to wait a minute bongbong Dec 2012 #56
When they were talking about teachers being armed, mary195149 Dec 2012 #62
You're right. musical_soul Dec 2012 #97
The only people who need Psych eval's are members of the public MichiganVote Dec 2012 #99
When I first heard about the shooting a couple of weeks ago..... musical_soul Dec 2012 #104
You're dreaming. There are no security officers in all HS's, MS's or elem. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #107
By the way, this is such a great post I wish I could rec it. Thank you. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #129
"Why do you all believe that all will be right in the world if guns are banned?" Chorophyll Dec 2012 #108
You know, here's the thing... Chorophyll Dec 2012 #100
So, don't make it a requirement. musical_soul Dec 2012 #105
Your argument about the President's daughters is a bit silly. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #106
How about we have Psych eval's for gun owners honey. You first. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #112
don't need to think about it for a minute ibegurpard Dec 2012 #98
This is a freaking ridiculous idea. We will lose teachers. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #101
It would have to be voluntary krispos42 Dec 2012 #103
Hell, I can see NO TEACHERS volunteering to do this, ever. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #113
Exactly MichiganVote Dec 2012 #117
You might be surprised krispos42 Dec 2012 #123
My kid goes to a huge middle school in a very developed, semi-urban area. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #127
Because... krispos42 Dec 2012 #144
Well, that was very interesting. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #145
Add to that -the 2 mass shootings here in WI and the man who killed his cop wife were VETS PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #148
Yeah. I don't want to make any sweeping generalizations about veterans obviously, but we as a nation Chorophyll Dec 2012 #149
Teachers are hired to teach. If you, Mr. Public, want security-fucking pay for it. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #115
Why would a defensive sidearm be locked up, unable to be used.? PavePusher Dec 2012 #118
Ya, right! Teachers are going to walk around with holsters? What is this? The wild west?? jillan Dec 2012 #125
It IS the wild west according to some people! And the civil war is still being fought, too! Chorophyll Dec 2012 #128
Hardening school buildings and grounds is a more sensible solution. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #147
Thanks IDemo Dec 2012 #150
It's a stupid and crazy idea like EVERYTHING the NRA suggests Taverner Dec 2012 #160
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