Conn. School Shooting

[Squared1]

Just sick. My heart goes out to the families

 

[neginfluence04]

I just read this on FB

Isaac Boda It's a super sad situation, but this just shows why a mother who has no reason to register and own an assault rifle, such as the AR-15 he murdered 20 children with today, in her name other than to own them for recreation or to let her kids shoot them for recreation.

There is no need for civilians to have military grade weapons at all.

Now for the handguns out there. Non-felons should be able to own and carry those for situations like this. OUTSIDE of a School unless part of law enforcement. The problem isn't assault rifles getting into the wrong hands on the street... stop bringing that up. Criminals will do what criminals want.

This kid was 20 years old and able to map out a route from point A to point B to point C.... that is a civilians level of thinking. Executed like any of us could have done, just with a different mindset and the will to do it.

With handguns however you have the ability to overpower someone easier, the 4 teachers that rushed him and the one who came crawling away would have likely been able to out power a handgun and stop the situation with less of a death toll. Admit that.

When is the last time you have heard of a non-drug related burglary happening where the criminal involved carried 2 hand guns and an assault rifle with him? I'm going to assume here, but the majority of crime involving assault rifles are mass shootings, gang on gang related and high level robbery... the rest of it is handguns... which one bullet from an average size magazine should be able to solve... no need for this semi-auto assault rifle **** to be our there.

god I wanna sock this unaware ***** in the face

 

[Glocktogo]

How is it that we can not afford to put a police officer in each school for 8 hrs a day?

I am just so sick right now.

When I intervewed several private schools a few years back this was the first question that I asked and every school that I talked to had no answer for the lack of security measures.

Each of us should demand at the least that every school have at least 1 officer in it.
It is time.
How can we prioritize so many things but not our children.

Most public schools have School Resource Officers (SRO's), but how can one man cover an entire school? How can we affort to place an officer in each wing or classroom? We can't. The first step is to harden classrooms against intruders, the way we did with aircraft after 9/11. Unfortunately that won't cover between periods, so we'll have to grapple with that security vulnerability as well. These types of things are very hard to defend against due to complacency. The stakes are high but the statistical likelihood is so small, byt the time somethi happens, people are still caught off guard. All you can do is have a plan, drill the plan and continually reevaluate the plan for effectiveness.

 

[Coded-Dude]

CA Schools vs CA cops....with budgetary issues its not feasible for us(most departments are in hiring freezes). Not sure about the rest of the US.

We would encounter a resource problem.

There are more than 10,000 K-12 schools in CA.

The FBI says there are 67,000 sworn officers in the state.

Do you foresee a hiring binge to cover a 15% increase in sworn staff?

 

[FullAuto]

Now when they confirm the Bushmaster was in the car in the parking lot and Adam used a Glock and a Sig, flame the guy.

 

[Shadowrider]

Most public schools have School Resource Officers (SRO's), but how can one man cover an entire school? How can we affort to place an officer in each wing or classroom? We can't. The first step is to harden classrooms against intruders, the way we did with aircraft after 9/11. Unfortunately that won't cover between periods, so we'll have to grapple with that security vulnerability as well. These types of things are very hard to defend against due to complacency. The stakes are high but the statistical likelihood is so small, byt the time somethi happens, people are still caught off guard. All you can do is have a plan, drill the plan and continually reevaluate the plan for effectiveness.

Good info, but it's just prudent to train and arm our teachers these days. Key word being train. Such are the times we live in.

 

[Glocktogo]

Good info, but it's just prudent to train and arm our teachers these days. Key word being train. Such are the times we live in.

Agreed. The problem is that when kids are involved, emotions hold sway over logic.

 

[aabokla]

While I support teachers being armed, I also believe that students need to pay attention to other students. These people don't just pop one day, they plan, they strategize, and they collect resources.

Bartlesville arrested a student this morning who was planning a shooting at the local high school.
http://examiner-enterprise.com/sections/news/local-teen-accused-planning-mass-school-shooting.html

 

[Danny Tanner]

CBS news just mentioned that, despite not knowing the amount of rounds fired, each handgun is capable of utilizing "high capacity clips".

The bodies are still in the school and they're already starting the anti-gun conditioning.

 

[shotty]

Gun control just to a giant leap forward on this tragic day. You'll hear about this date the same way we hear and know 9/11.