Short term fix? You start with the schools. Single, controlled point of entry during school hours. You have a school head of safety/security with experience, training, and knowledge to implement and DRILL an active shooter plan with local authorities. You have layered armed security. 2 uniformed, armed, & trained people on duty. Additional staff trained to provide support in the event of an active shooter. One monitoring video feeds and one patrolling the grounds interacting with students. You remove these asinine policies of “conflict resolution” when violence or threats happen at school or to students/staff. Your security and staff need to be trained and have access to tourniquets. Districts need to get over the liability and insurance worries regarding additional firearms on the premises.
We live in a violent word. It’s always been a violent world, ever since the first monkey smashed his monkey buddy in the head with a rock. Long term, we need to fund better mental health research for adolescents. Why are some of these school shooters being prescribed large doses of meds? What happens to the developing human brain when these meds are stopped? What happens to the developing human brain when exposed to hours upon hours of video game violence?
Blaming the AR-15 or 30 round magazines is a cop out. I can take an 8 shot 1911 pistol or even a 6 shot revolver, set up a belt with the proper magazine holders or speed loader holders, and burn through a hundred rounds of ammo in a few minutes. That still equates to plenty of damage when your walking down a hallway facing zero armed opposition. Evidence from many previous mass shootings indicates these assailants are often meticulous planners. Take away the semi-automatic rifle with it’s standard capacity magazine and the determined individual will find other means. That’s been proven time and time again. Truck attacks in europe. Knife & gas attacks in Japan and China.
Now, maybe there are some “reasonable” (and I use that word somewhat sarcastically) changes to firearms laws that could potentially reduce gun crimes. Mandatory 4473 on all private transactions? Could possibly help. Could create a bigger black market. Magazine restrictions? I just posted an example that nullifies that argument. 21 to purchase any firearm? Adam Lanza’s mom bought him the guns just to placate him.
what’s somewhat disturbing to me is that there are still to this day and age so many Fudds out there that say “you don’t need” or “I don’t hunt with” X type of firearm. They think that since they don’t use those guns, nobody else needs to either. It’s too bad they didn’t pay attention in history class. I hunt with an AR. I shoot competitions with an AR, & a semi-auto handgun. I don’t shoot single shot rifles. I think they are pointless. Who needs them? Who cares if we ban them? .308 is a sniper round for war. It doesn’t belong in the deer woods. It should be banned. – see I can do that too, and what good does it do? Just creates infighting among firearms owners, owners who choose to own for many different reasons.
