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In reply to the discussion: Why is school security taken so lightly? [View all]countryjake
(8,554 posts)37. Because school security isn't the problem, lack of gun regulation is.
One of the cable news programs highlighted this gem from Twitter on Friday, the same day that our nation began mourning its sixteenth mass shooting of 2012:
One "shoe bomber" & we all take off our shoes in airports. 62 mass shootings last 30 years, 7 this year but no gun law changes. @ravenb
I believe that you are being simplistic by implying that our schools are the only area where normal citizens might find themselves at risk from the dangers of "mentally disturbed monsters". And where is that qualifying adjective which you so conveniently left out...why not "gun-toting mentally disturbed monsters"?
Here is a list that may dispute your claim that lax security where our children are concerned is the question that needs to be raised at this time. These shootings occurred during just the first few months of this one year, 2012:
February 22, 2012Five people were killed in at a Korean health spa in Norcross, Georgia, when a man got into an argument and opened fire inside the facility.
February 26, 2012Multiple gunmen began firing into a nightclub crowd in Jackson, Tennessee, killing one person and injuring 20 others.
February 27, 2012Three students at Chardon High School in rural Ohio were killed when a classmate opened fire.
March 8, 2012Two people were killed and seven wounded at a psychiatric hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when a gunman entered the hospital with two semiautomatic handguns and began firing.
March 31, 2012A gunman opened fire on a crowd of mourners at a North Miami, Florida, funeral home, killing two people and injuring 12 others.
February 26, 2012Multiple gunmen began firing into a nightclub crowd in Jackson, Tennessee, killing one person and injuring 20 others.
February 27, 2012Three students at Chardon High School in rural Ohio were killed when a classmate opened fire.
March 8, 2012Two people were killed and seven wounded at a psychiatric hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when a gunman entered the hospital with two semiautomatic handguns and began firing.
March 31, 2012A gunman opened fire on a crowd of mourners at a North Miami, Florida, funeral home, killing two people and injuring 12 others.
For the complete sad record, read the rest of the list here:
Sixteen US Mass Shootings Happened in 2012, Leaving at Least 88 Dead
http://www.thenation.com/blog/171774/fifteen-us-mass-shootings-happened-2012-84-dead#
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We don't have the number of first responders necessary to be in every school.
proud2BlibKansan
Dec 2012
#29
The principal had just installed a new security system. She wasn't taking it lightly. n/t
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#10
Hope you didn't know any of the vicitms/families personally since you're from CT. eom
tawadi
Dec 2012
#72
"The human race" certainly has evolved far enough to not need armed guards in schools
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2012
#46
We have armed guards protecting our money and riches. Our children are far more valuable.
rDigital
Dec 2012
#31
We don't want, and should not have, to send our children to prison every day.
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#45
it's not taken likely, but when schools become armed fortresses, its often
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2012
#49
School security isn't the problem. Guns and irresponsible gun owners are the problem.
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#52
because we don't want to pay for it. Norquist ensures that we don't have *that* conversation.
salin
Dec 2012
#57
We spend an unbelievable amount of money on security to protect ourselves against armed
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#75
Why do you want to make fortresses of schools rather than address the real problem?
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2012
#76