Perhaps school shootings should be treated like terrorism and dealt with accordingly. I would prefer that we had more of a lockdown on school property. What's more valuable than our children?

I am inconvenienced at the airport by the TSA but maybe we should look at a similar setup for the schools. We know for a fact that more schools will be shot up by these despicable people so why not take immediate precautions?

(October 3, 2015 at 3:44 pm)KUSA Wrote: Perhaps school shootings should be treated like terrorism and dealt with accordingly. I would prefer that we had more of a lockdown on school property. What's more valuable than our children?

I am inconvenienced at the airport by the TSA but maybe we should look at a similar setup for the schools. We know for a fact that more schools will be shot up by these despicable people so why not take immediate precautions?

Yep, all facilities should be mini-concentration camps.

(October 3, 2015 at 3:46 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Yep, all facilities should be mini-concentration camps.

Is the airport a concentration camp?

(October 3, 2015 at 3:48 pm)KUSA Wrote:

(October 3, 2015 at 3:46 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Yep, all facilities should be mini-concentration camps.

Is the airport a concentration camp?

If you lived there 24/7 it might me.  Besides airport security is notoriously ineffective.  So everyday intrusion for ineffective security.  Bad plan.

(October 3, 2015 at 3:51 pm)Jenny A Wrote:

(October 3, 2015 at 3:48 pm)KUSA Wrote: Is the airport a concentration camp?

If you lived there 24/7 it might me.  Besides airport security is notoriously ineffective.  So everyday intrusion for ineffective security.  Bad plan.

Ok then what are some viable solutions?

Quote:But how many uses does a gun have? You can't slice cheese with a gun, or cut a piece of cord to the proper length, or debone a chicken or shave a bit of wood off that annoyingly squeaky door

But, but, Ted Cruz used one to cook bacon.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/te...achine-gun

How much more 'murrican can you get than machine guns and bacon?

(October 3, 2015 at 4:05 pm)KUSA Wrote:

(October 3, 2015 at 3:51 pm)Jenny A Wrote: If you lived there 24/7 it might me.  Besides airport security is notoriously ineffective.  So everyday intrusion for ineffective security.  Bad plan.

Ok then what are some viable solutions?

There might not be any viable solution short of removing all guns from the U.S. which really isn't going to happen.  Sometimes the solution is worse than the problem. The thing is, as horrible as our national school shooting numbers are, you are still safer in class than crossing the street.  And TSA type checks are not a minor inconvenience if you cross them every day. I worked in a federal building where prominent ID Christians were tried before and after Oklahoma City, and I went through extensive security in and out but not nearly so bad as TSA after 911.  So I know what I'm talking about. And I did defy a few security restrictions like, I opened my blinds so that I could have real sunlight even though *gasp* someone might see me and take shot through the window.

That aside, if it's affordable, trained, armed, and inconspicuous,  security might solve the problem or at least really lower the number of deaths per incident.

Better mental health care in the U.S. would help.

Better gun regulations would help.

None of those would make schools armed camps.

By the way, supposing you wanted to kill as many people as possible?  What better place than a big security check line?  Think about it.   Those lines don't make you safe, they make you vulnerable.

(October 3, 2015 at 5:10 pm)Minimalist Wrote:

Quote:But how many uses does a gun have? You can't slice cheese with a gun, or cut a piece of cord to the proper length, or debone a chicken or shave a bit of wood off that annoyingly squeaky door

But, but, Ted Cruz used one to cook bacon.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/te...achine-gun

How much more 'murrican can you get than machine guns and bacon?

That's not a machine gun. It's a semi auto AR15. I have several of them. The bacon looked good though. I might have to try that when the SHTF one day. It's a good way to eat on the run. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

Here's a not-terribly-unrealistic hypothetical:

100 or so people are at the cinema watching the latest self-indulgent Tarantino splatter-fest. A shot rings out and someone screams. Luckily, everyone in the cinema is armed, they all stand up and draw their guns. Now, you've got 100 frightened, armed people in a semi-dark room looking for someone with a gun so they can shoot him (or her).

Guess what happens.

Boru

(October 3, 2015 at 5:10 pm)Minimalist Wrote: How much more 'murrican can you get than machine guns and bacon?

In the good old days of the pioneers of the trade, such as Al Capone, this was called an American typewriter.