Its sad how true it is :(

It it gets worse the more they admit too. Sad that Texas has gone down hill so much.

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I wonder if the ethenicity of the school children had anything to do with it ?

Were the cowards the police ?

Yep.

I am not sure but it is sad the police did nothing. They arrested a couple who was trying to go in to take on the gunman. IT is just messed up that the guy could get into a locked down school.

No need to panic - I watched the 'Donald' - He said that this incident reinforces the need to arm everybody ! - I'm glad I live in the UK :~)

I rather be armed than not. Criminals do not follow laws and get weapons which leaves people defenseless. I think the solution is more being proactive on mental health issues. If you have been committed you should not have access to weapons.

Just a little information from the UK - I had a licence for a gun and a part of the process was a police check that did include an assessment of mental competency (which I passed)
Unfortunately a man who should have lost his licence due to mental health issues but didn't, went on to commit the Dunblane massacre which took place at a Primary School near Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, on 13 March 1996, when Thomas Hamilton shot dead sixteen pupils and one teacher, and injured fifteen others, before killing himself.
The consequences were that all private ownership of handguns was banned in the UK
Homicides by shooting are down to around 30 per year (in a population of 70 million)

I really feel for you living in a country where it is a right to keep and bear arms because a consequence of the second amendment, is that you have to accept the mass shootings and of course the daily deaths.

I rather deal with that then not being armed against criminals. They get guns even when they take them away from the law abiding.

Following the massacre at Dunblane, there was a lot of debate from the pro and anti-gun lobby.
I remember the phrase, 'Gun laws don't affect criminals'
This had very little effect as the government at the time imposed the ban on the law abiding. They did, however, pay out billions in compensation.

I think you are in the majority of Americans who feel the need to arm themselves for the reasons that you have given so IU don't see any change on the horizon.

I must say this has been a really interesting conversation and thank you !

Well, anyone who wants to move to a country that doesn't allow them can.

And sleep safely in our beds !

What?
More people die in bed than anywhere else! ; * 0)

Sorry, It's a quote from Shakespeares' Henry The Fifth the St Crispins Day speech
I don't know I quoted that. :~)

No apologies necessary, but thanks for the reference.
I was taking Samuel Clemmons statistics quote to an extreme. ;)

I Googled it

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835–1910)

Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

Yep, that's the three! Which is why when an airplane crashes, I figure that a bunch of horrible drivers just lost their lives. ; ~○

From the trivia book 'The Cockpit Companion'; How deep was the water when the bosoms mate shouted 'Mark Twain'? 12 feet, or two fathoms, which is the draft of a Missouri Stern Wheeler. : ~ )