There has been a lot media coverage of the school shooting in Connecticut, and maybe that is the problem. Before television, if there were school shootings, we never heard about it. If there was something in the papers, it would be days later. Each shooting seems to be worse than the one before. Copycats trying to outdo the other. Maybe, if there was not so much coverage, these crazies might stay at home.
Making a school absolutely safe is almost impossible. Are we to surround the school with razor wire and have guard towers to keep everyone out? That might work.
A determined individual armed with even a single shot rifle or a revolver can still do a lot of killing before the police get there. Remember, the school is a gun-free zone.
If the teacher that first confronted the killer in Connecticut had been armed and came at him shooting, perhaps she could have stopped him. Remember, the officer here in Beeville said that the police can be at the school in three minutes. That is after the police have been called. How many shots can be fired before someone calls, and then they have three minutes more. Maybe our teachers should have police training and be allowed to carry a gun.
Edwin Wallek, Jr.
Restrictions on the First Amendment to bolster the Second Amendment.
Make schools prisons.
A single-shot rifle or a revolver IS (NOT) THE SAME as a semi-automatic with 2 thirty round clips.
To be a teacher one must have police training and carry a gun.
That is a whole lot of REGULATIONS from the GOVERNMENT. Fortunately, the folks here are a bit more sane when it comes to guns. A lunatic or escaped prisoner has a very small chance against the local law enforcement or Bee County's armed civilians.
So, how do we stop the lunatics from getting assault weapons (WMD's)? It's probably going to take some kind of regulation...suggestions?
The idea from the NRA about having armed guards at every school also is a FAIL. Think how it easy it will be to set up a "police state" if you indoctrinate the citizens to become accustomed to having every movement monitored from the time they enter kindergarten? In addition, the NRA is unwilling to implement a tax on either the weapons or ammo to fund the proposal.