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Same. It literally made me ill. I was all for "hardening the schools" and trusting the trained police to take care of things like this, but now...damn.
If they were interviewing a suspect giving the same amount of conflicting information that they are, they’d charge him. Pathetic
Wasn't that the point of all the "back the blue" hero worship following the George Floyd protests?
Yeah, double plus ungood.
I think it boils down to courage or the willingness to risk harm to oneself. The first cops on scene encountered gunshots and they backed down. After that decision was made, the other cops to respond were likely following orders to wait for the "tactical team."
Policies and guidelines were changed 20+ years ago after Columbine. It’s been standard practice ever since then to immediately engage the gunman no matter what during a school shooting.
There has been a lot of turnover in policing also. I wonder how experienced they were. Like the Oxford Mich shootings, I expect lawsuits here also.
911 had already been called and it still took the cops 4 minutes after he entered the school to respond.
Not even from the district - former or current student of that school.
Of course that is a piece of the puzzle as well. My comment was that there is for sure correlation when you look at states with high gun ownership and then combine that with looking at other countries.
There were students at a Maryland HS last week that broke into the school and had a fire extinguisher fight. It’s the season for that.
Probably time to increase the scope of current background checks.
Only if we also raise the voting age to 21. If we don't trust somebody to double down on a hard 11, they shouldn't be voting.
Or, you know, quit.
It also says we trust 18yos to serve in the military and use guns, but not buy them.
I said 25 y/o with exceptions for police and military. Won't happen, even 21, without changing the 2A.
Sure seems that way. But I’d suggest waiting a bit until all the facts come out before reaching a definitive conclusion. At least one person I know who is connected here in Texas indicates that there are some additional facts that should come out in the next 24-48 hours that explains why law enforcement delayed. I don’t know.
Max Power said:
Nope, easy as can be. I get 3-5 emails a day for guns, ammo or both. It's no difference than shopping Amazon. As you said, the FFL the weapon is shipped to works with the buyer to fill out the appropriate form and unless you have a concealed carry permit, you have to wait between 30-45 minutes while a background check is done. Sometimes if they are extremely busy, you'll be asked to come back later and they'll give you a call when the purchase has been approved or denied. This is SC's process, not familiar with other states.
The only thing that has to go through a dealer is the lower reciever of an AR. His DD order can be shipped to an FFL all day long, but he needs to do the paperwork at the FFL.
You're crossing streams here and while I applaud the effort, I don't know if it's going to play well right now.
I get the impression that he barricaded himself in the classroom and he wouldve made himself vulnerable by leaving the classroom to go into the hallway.
I'd put alcohol at 16. Raise driving to 18.jobarules said:
I saw this story and its just so sad that we'll allow active shooter training for 8 year olds to be normal. That we allow 11 year olds to have the knowledge to smear their classmates blood on them and play dead so they can survive.
