02-19-2018, 11:38 AM
Its hard for me to believe that this kind of thing can still happen after all these years just since Columbine.
We learned nothing. There are still no metal detectors at the vast majority of schools despite the fact they there are detectors at banks airports, court houses, concerts, clubs....
There are many simple solutions that could have stopped or limited this from happening:
Metal detector manned by a guard
All entrances and Exits manned
Searches of all backpacks coming in the buildings
Armed Staff/Guards
How about enforcing all the laws we already have on the books?
Active shooter drills, I drill with my weapons, most of the armed guys I know do to some point
Some lives were saved this time by the presence of some bullet proof glass, why not use some more of this?
Notice not a single one of these things would impinge on anyone's constitutional rights
Not a single one would require the federal govt to do anything
All of them could be accomplished by the local school board, they are responsible for school safety not the govt
I have said it before I am not opposed to fixing the gun laws that do not work, but that's usually not what is in whatever gun legislation that starts up after each one of these incidents.
Here are a couple suggestions that also do not impinge on the constitution:
Connect all the databases, how cool would it be to have all the local police agencies info going in there for people that Should already be in there?
Go and check the known felons for weapons, put a stop to some of these assholes with multiple arrests for weapons charges, 2nd charge and mandatory Long jail, no parole. Get their ass out of bed at 3am and search them.
Put everyone that been adjudicated as mentally defective in the database. Yes I know this would definitely affect some folks rights, therefore the process needs to be very well thought out, considered and make sure there is no collateral damage to people that should Not be on there.
People that are on psychotrophics need to be looked at, Seems that near every mass shooting not done by a terrorist was done by someone on paxil, prozac or something. The web is Full of evidence on this issue. I don't know how this can be done but with some thought even I could come up with some kind of workable solution. Some folks do great long term on them, others flip the fuk out within hours of their first dose. It seems like the "testing" of these drugs is By Guess and By God. Take this pill for 2 weeks and see how you do, then try another one. My X was on and off of a half dozen just while I was with her and she told me there had been many more before me. I threw out a shit ton of that stuff. I didn't think she had any real serious problem to start with but she damn sure did when she was taking them
Is the No Fly list still active? It sounded like a good idea on its surface but as so many govt things it was a mess, there was no recourse if your on there, no path to get off, no accountability for who is on or not on the list, it was stupid. Those people were not on the nics database, WTF?
ANY change to peoples rights needs to be put through that kind of filter
Thats my rant for now
We learned nothing. There are still no metal detectors at the vast majority of schools despite the fact they there are detectors at banks airports, court houses, concerts, clubs....
There are many simple solutions that could have stopped or limited this from happening:
Metal detector manned by a guard
All entrances and Exits manned
Searches of all backpacks coming in the buildings
Armed Staff/Guards
How about enforcing all the laws we already have on the books?
Active shooter drills, I drill with my weapons, most of the armed guys I know do to some point
Some lives were saved this time by the presence of some bullet proof glass, why not use some more of this?
Notice not a single one of these things would impinge on anyone's constitutional rights
Not a single one would require the federal govt to do anything
All of them could be accomplished by the local school board, they are responsible for school safety not the govt
I have said it before I am not opposed to fixing the gun laws that do not work, but that's usually not what is in whatever gun legislation that starts up after each one of these incidents.
Here are a couple suggestions that also do not impinge on the constitution:
Connect all the databases, how cool would it be to have all the local police agencies info going in there for people that Should already be in there?
Go and check the known felons for weapons, put a stop to some of these assholes with multiple arrests for weapons charges, 2nd charge and mandatory Long jail, no parole. Get their ass out of bed at 3am and search them.
Put everyone that been adjudicated as mentally defective in the database. Yes I know this would definitely affect some folks rights, therefore the process needs to be very well thought out, considered and make sure there is no collateral damage to people that should Not be on there.
People that are on psychotrophics need to be looked at, Seems that near every mass shooting not done by a terrorist was done by someone on paxil, prozac or something. The web is Full of evidence on this issue. I don't know how this can be done but with some thought even I could come up with some kind of workable solution. Some folks do great long term on them, others flip the fuk out within hours of their first dose. It seems like the "testing" of these drugs is By Guess and By God. Take this pill for 2 weeks and see how you do, then try another one. My X was on and off of a half dozen just while I was with her and she told me there had been many more before me. I threw out a shit ton of that stuff. I didn't think she had any real serious problem to start with but she damn sure did when she was taking them
Is the No Fly list still active? It sounded like a good idea on its surface but as so many govt things it was a mess, there was no recourse if your on there, no path to get off, no accountability for who is on or not on the list, it was stupid. Those people were not on the nics database, WTF?
ANY change to peoples rights needs to be put through that kind of filter
Thats my rant for now