tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post7781206110464585666..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Re-thinking Guns and Schools George Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-36901871956530545152012-12-19T07:28:30.244-05:002012-12-19T07:28:30.244-05:00The deadliest school attack in America was with a ...The deadliest school attack in America was with a bomb, and larger mass homicides have involved gasoline and arson.<br /><br />A balanced approach would involve doing something about the known violent insane waling free, aand protecting the schools and other "gun free" zones. MarkDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05386529130897728870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-68243888770749231112012-12-18T23:44:41.296-05:002012-12-18T23:44:41.296-05:00The gun control crowd apparently learned nothing f...The gun control crowd apparently learned nothing from the examples of prohibition and the war on drugs. Making a popular entity illegal simply drives the market for it underground where there is no control or regulation whatsoever, and creates a thriving black market. Those who are already inclined to break the law will find a supplier. The only ones that suffer will be the law abiding majority. <br /><br />Even if one believed that a black market could be suppressed - which it can't - the cat is already out of the bag. It is simply impossible to eliminate the millions of guns already dispersed through out the country. And even if you believed that those guns could somehow all be confiscated, what's to prevent a would-be terrorist from using a cross-bow or a battery powered nail gun, or a machete, or ... this list is endless.<br /><br />The only realistic way to protect the innocent is for someone to be prepared to meet force with force. An emergency security force comprised of a small number of reasonably trained volunteers, with ready access to at least one type of weapon would be sufficient to deal with most threats. I think anyone not ready to at least consider this reality is either delusional, or more interested in pushing an agenda for personal gain than it actually solving the problem and offering some protection to the innocent.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12756997315652733901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-23940753566503056142012-12-17T13:38:52.064-05:002012-12-17T13:38:52.064-05:00I recall a time in my youth where school shootings...I recall a time in my youth where school shootings did not occur, back then during deer season all the seniors would have their deer rifles hanging in the back windows of their trucks in the school parking lots so they could go hunting after school.<br />Seems less gun control and gun free zones stopped that practice and now school shootings are becoming common or so you would think according to the MSM.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00919376680621222527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-60979782500713101532012-12-16T10:05:50.503-05:002012-12-16T10:05:50.503-05:00This has been my thought as well. There was not O...This has been my thought as well. There was not ONE person there to 'fight back' in the protection of these children, not one. The gun free zone merely left them sitting there, lined up like a shooting gallery for him to engage. I fail to see how stricter 'gun control', taking weapons that might serve as protection against animals, is going to help anything.Lizzy'sGammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329135218864285735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-13988649258591132532012-12-16T09:10:18.259-05:002012-12-16T09:10:18.259-05:00Concur with all, but if you believe the media, sch...Concur with all, but if you believe the media, school shootings are on the RISE, and once again the shooter is being given celebrity status... I'd be MUCH happier to never see the name of the shooter ever published and the term perpetrator used instead. And the victims remembered! Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-55477622924342631372012-12-16T07:51:30.130-05:002012-12-16T07:51:30.130-05:00My thoughts exactly. I think you are correct in t...My thoughts exactly. I think you are correct in that we need TRAINED security guards at all of our schools...and I don't mean old retired people with poor eyesight and reflexes. Former military people with proper traing seem appropriate.bongobearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16850518150248750392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-16516985279837398172012-12-16T00:18:52.091-05:002012-12-16T00:18:52.091-05:00If the Progressives are really interrested in savi...If the Progressives are really interrested in saving innocent lives and preventing child death, they need to start with the most common method of death; automobiles. Yankee Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175110856837887264noreply@blogger.com